Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

Cain killed his brother, Abel, and God did not require Cain to pay for ... “To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice” (Proverbs 21:3). The question is not ...

God asks Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Not only does he not confess ... There must be a confession of sin, penance of sacrifice, and the involvement of a priest. It is the priest who ...

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Instead of imaging God through a loving self-sacrifice on the holy and ... him the opportunity to repent. Instead, Cain murders his brother, Abel. Thus we have the failure of a first-born son ...

Soon after, Abel chose to follow God’s command about how to sacrifice to God, but Cain chose to sin and not listen to God. God’s chosen people would continue to sin against Him over the generations, ...