I have been searching on the net for maybe an hour and I cannot find any information on this priest. Does anyone here know anything about him and/or the book? Excerpts from the book are being put in our Sunday bulletin and they don't seem right but I can't exactly put my finger on why.
For example:
"After his (meaning Jesus' - notice the word "his" is not capitalized) baptism and temptation in the desert, an unnumbered group of disciples, not definitely committed to him (sic), nor he (sic) to them, began to form about Jesus. Some of these accompanied him(sic) to Cana and Capharnaum, but still lived and worked as they always had, fishing, etc., and during this time Jesus spoke only in the ѕуηαgσgυєs on Sabbath days. After this preliminary screening period, he later narrowed the group down and only later made his third and final choice of men who were to be the nucleus of his organization. The choosing of the Twelve, then, went on over a period of months; all was done with great human prudence, wisdom and efficiency."
First, I am always suspicious of someone who does not capitalize any and all references to Our Lord.
Second, the words "preliminary screening period" makes it sound like Jesus was interviewing His followers before He could "narrow" down the nucleus of His "organization". Organization??
Third, the author says that the choosing of the Twelve was done with human prudence, wisdom, and efficiency. Human?? Efficiency??
Although there might not be anything technically "wrong" with the word choices of the author they do lend themselves to a more modern outlook on the Gospels, or am I over reacting? Am I reading more modernism into this than is really there?