Picked up from the secular philosophy board
The later commentary, beginning v21 "You have heard that it was said to them of old" I suppose one could argue as an evolution of a sort, but I rather see it as a refinement – it's not an indicator of a new level of spiritual consciousness, nor a new Decalogue, but a commentary on the existing text?
Saints are not perfect as God is perfect, but they do display perfections, in a conditional sense.
We can discuss if you like.
I don't see the Beatitudes as evolutionary, as the states Jesus sees as blessed: the poor, etc., are already existent. He's not introducing the idea of poverty, spiritually or otherwise, but acclaiming it.
The later commentary, beginning v21 "You have heard that it was said to them of old" I suppose one could argue as an evolution of a sort, but I rather see it as a refinement – it's not an indicator of a new level of spiritual consciousness, nor a new Decalogue, but a commentary on the existing text?
As God alone is perfect, and a contingent being can never be so, absolutely, this is regarded as a conditional statement.
Saints are not perfect as God is perfect, but they do display perfections, in a conditional sense.
We can discuss if you like.