«To the Ends of the Earth» (Acts 1: 8): Universalist Vocation in Luke-Acts

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https://doi.org/10.14422/ee.v94.i369.y2019.003

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universalism, Judaism, history, ethnicity, social class, gender

Abstract

Judaism always oscillated somewhere between universalism and self-defining particularism. The Christian faith broke away from Jewish particularism from the beginning. All human beings are called to faith and the Church is Catholic, in other words, universal. All writings of the New Testament substantiate this claim. Luke-Acts is no exception. After the literary and historical characterization of the two books of Luke, the article highlights the universalism displayed in ethnic, cultural and social aspects, as well as the focus that Luke places on universal history.

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Published

2019-05-22

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Vol. 94 No. 369 (2019): abril-junio

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Estudios

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“«To the Ends of the Earth» (Acts 1: 8): Universalist Vocation in Luke-Acts”. Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 94, no. 369 (May 22, 2019): 295–308. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://revistas.comillas.edu/estudioseclesiasticos/article/view/11446.