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We are not to claim special honour and respect, titles and ceremonial dress, because we are all the children of the one Father; the students of the one Teacher; the disciples of the one Instructor. There is meant to be a radical equality among those who follow Jesus and yet, as Brendan Byrne writes, ‘The instruction to live as brothers and sisters under the one Father in heaven, each striving to emulate the “servant” rank and role modelled by Christ, has fought a losing battle against the tendency to institutionalise and socially elevate leadership figures.’ Continue reading →