The God-Caesar Relationship
By John M. Grondelski
This Sunday's Gospel showcases one of those teachings people can always quote and think they understand what Jesus meant – until you talk to them about it: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." (Matthew 22:21)
The context of Jesus's teaching was, of course, attempted entrapment: the Pharisees were seeking a "gotcha" moment where they could use Jesus's words either to alienate him from the Jews or to get Him into trouble with the Romans. Asked about the "lawful[ness]" of paying taxes to the Romans, they knew that an…
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