Beschreibung
The work is based on the last command of the risen Jesus to his disciples in Matthew’s account of the events that followed the resurrection of Jesus. The command is: «Make disciples of all nations». The command reverses the initial restriction of the disciples to only the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The work presents the command as the climax of Matthew’s post-resurrection account, which is told in four scenes and each of the scenes contains a command. The last command sanctions the mission to the Gentiles without ending the mission to Israel. Making disciples involves baptism to increase the number of Christians (Church growth) and teaching to increase adherence to the teachings of Jesus (Church life).
Autorenportrait
Benjamin Ogechi Agbara is a priest of the Catholic diocese of Port Harcourt in the Southern part of Nigeria. He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Joseph Major Seminary, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, and holds Master’s and Licentiate degrees in Biblical theology from the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He earned a doctorate in Theology (New Testament Exegesis) from the Jesuit University of Philosophy and Theology (Sankt Georgen), Frankfurt am Main.
