The Silence That Shatters Empires: Christ's Answer to the Grand Inquisitor

Changing the world is not a matter of power or grand-scale efforts.

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The Grand Inquisitor blames Jesus for burdening weak and unruly humans with the terrible gift of free will. The majority of people, he argues, will never choose good over evil freely and without coercion. “Or did thou come only for the elect?” he thunders. “What of the rest—the poor and miserable creatures who are unable to bear Thy cross?”

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