Today's first reading records the basis to what was the first big contest in the early church. They were those early converts to Christianity who thought the following Jesus was really about the reform of Judaism and so they saw themselves as an elite group and so the people taking the leading part of today argument against other Christians.

About the Author: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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