skandalon, n.Definitions

The Skandalon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the living obstacle that trips us up: the model we imitate, once he turns rival and lies across our path.

Skandalon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never a material thing in the Gospels: it is always another person, or myself as estranged from others — the model attracting because it obstructs and obstructing because it attracts.