Did Jesus Command Christians to Wash Feet? The Pope, the Brethren, and the Churches That Quit

Did Jesus command Christians to wash feet? John 13:14 explained — foot washing, the Maundy Thursday rite and the ordinance churches. One Greek word in that verse, opheilete, means “you owe”, and it challenges every tradition. This video traces the foot washing command from the upper room to the present day: the Council of Elvira and Ambrose of Milan Augustine and Benedict the Toledo council of 694 and English kings, down to James II’s last royal foot washing in 1685 Luther, Calvin and the Lutherans punished in 1718 for having their feet washed the Mennonite Dordrecht Confession and Alexander Mack’s Brethren love feast Adventists, Pope Francis’s 2016 rubric change, and Pope Leo XIV’s return to washing twelve priests Should churches still wash feet? And why did Jesus wash the feet of Judas? Sources: John 13:1–17; 1 Timothy 5:10; Luke 12:37 (KJV) Council of Elvira, Canon 48 (c. 300–306) Ambrose, De Sacramentis III.1 (attributed) Augustine, Letter 55 to Januarius (c. 400) Rule of St Benedict, chapters 35 and 53 Seventeenth Council of Toledo (694) Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on the Lord’s Supper Luther, Hauspostille (1544); Calvin, Commentary on John (1553) Dordrecht Confession of Faith, Article XI (1632) Congregation for Divine Worship, decree In Missa in cena Domini (2016) #FootWashing #MaundyThursday #ChurchHistory