Everyone's Fighting Over Adidas Girl... Missing 3500-Year Proof

From Totus Catholica

In the Old Testament, if a priest wore any shoes (Adidas, sandals, or fine leather loafers), he would have been struck dead for profaning the sanctuary. But today, the Church requires ministers to keep them on. Why the flip? While everyone argues about fashion, they're missing the 3,500-year-old theological bomb: Old Testament priests served barefoot to show fear and separation from God. We serve with shoes on to show our sonship and our mission to spread the gospel. 📌 The Point: The shoes signify that we are ready to walk - the Old Testament priest stood still in the temple; the Catholic Mass ends with "Ite, missa est" (Go, you are sent). You can't run a mission barefoot. 📖 Core Sources Old Testament: Barefoot Fear Exodus 3:5 - God tells Moses: "Do not come near. Put off your shoes from your feet. For the place on which you are standing is holy ground" Mishna, Tractate Zevachim - In the Jerusalem temple, priests (kohanim) served completely barefoot; there could be nothing between the priest's foot and the holy floor; if a priest wore sandals, his service was invalid Hebrew concept: Yirah (reverential fear or awe) Two reasons for removal: (1) Contact - direct contact with sanctuary holiness; (2) Mortality - shoes are made of dead animal skin, representing dead works St. Augustine - Shoes represent dead works and our mortality; to stand before the living God, you had to strip away the deadness of the world New Testament: Shod Boldness Luke 15:22 - Parable of the prodigal son: Father says, "Bring quickly the best robe and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet" - slaves went barefoot, sons wore shoes Ephesians 6:15 - Armour of God: "Have your feet shod with the equipment of the gospel of peace" Hebrews 4:16 - "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace" Church Fathers: St. Ambrose - Noticed the shift: because Christ has conquered death, we don't need to remove our shoes to avoid dead works anymore; we have been washed clean; we stand on holy ground as heirs, not terrified servants Catholic Teaching: The rubrics of the Mass require ministers to be shod - a priest serving barefoot today would actually be breaking/violating the rubrics because he would be reverting to the old covenant symbol of servitude The Mass is the highest form of holy ground (arguably holier than the burning bush because God is present in the Eucharist not just as fire but as flesh), yet ministers are shod because our relationship with God changed at the Resurrection We approach the altar covered in the blood of the Lamb, not as terrified servants but as baptised heirs Distinction: Distinguish between inappropriate (cultural respect) and invalid (theological irreverence) Noble simplicity vs anything goes - we should dress our best to show love, but we must not confuse cultural respect with theological irreverence St. James 2 - Warns against treating the man with gold rings better than the poor man in shabby clothes St. Teresa of Ávila - Interior Castle: the shoes on our feet matter less than the shoes on our soul; are our wills conformed to God? 📺 Chapters 0:00 - The Controversy: Pope's Mass, Adidas Sneakers, Outrage 2:17 - Old Testament: Barefoot in the Temple (Exodus 3:5, Mishna) 3:31 - New Testament Shift: Prodigal Son's Shoes, Gospel of Peace (Luke 15, Ephesians 6) 4:27 - Catholic Mass: Ministers Are Shod (Rubrics Require It) 5:42 - The Mission: You Can't Run Barefoot ("Ite, Missa Est") 6:15 - Objection: Making Excuses for Sloppiness? 7:38 - Conclusion: We Stand as Children of the King, Not Slaves 🌐 Connect 📿 https://totuscatholica.org/rosary 🌍 https://totuscatholica.org/ ✉️ https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 https://catholicexaminationofconscien...