Jesus wept. But what does this mean? There is no shortage of modern commentary looking to take these two words and turn them into some kind of self-soothing affirmation for people in today's world. But almost none of this commentary bears any semblance to how the Church fathers understood the weeping of Christ. Bp. Irineos discusses this issue and warns of the danger of interpreting scripture with the purpose of comforting man struggling against the modern world.
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