Epiphany

3 Epiphany

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In the season of Epiphany we celebrate the revelation of God in the world, and in particular his revelation to the Magi in Matthew’s Gospel. Yet again this idea seems to run counter to Mark’s Gospel, which appears on the surface to be more concerned with secrecy than with revelation. If we look closer, however, it becomes clear that the whole of the Gospel is concerned with the intertwined themes of secrecy and revelation...