More about that Canaanite woman
Posted by Brian August 30, 2005 2 comments so far
I ran across some more thoughts about this Gospel passage recently, from another Anglican/Episcopal priest, Preston. Here is Preston’s post:
Proper 15, Year A: St. Augustine on the Canaanite Woman
He seems to take issue with the interpretation which Alma and Jen preached about, and which I wrote about earlier. If you’ve got time, I encourage you to read those links. Well, you can skip what I wrote if you want, but read the others. 
Augustine saw the Canaanite woman as a figure of the Church. Christ is teaching the church the value of humility. While I agree that the Church needs to learn humility, I’m a little skeptical that this is what’s going on in this story.
Anyway, Preston’s post is interesting, and the comments he and others left are even more interesting. I also put in my two cents over there at his blog.
