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Jesus Christ alone can fill this empty space, because he is the fulfillment both of pagan human longing and of Jewish hopeful faith.
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The quote presents Jesus Christ as the only answer to an unfilled human need. It connects two forms of expectation: the broad longing found in pagan humanity and the hopeful faith associated with Judaism. In this view, both kinds of searching reach their fulfillment in him.
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