he showed pity (ORIGEN). For all people are our neighbors, not only our brothers and relatives but also strangers (JEROME). Jericho is an image of the world to which Adam has been cast out from Paradise. It is a great surprise that the third traveler is a Samaritan—and he is portrayed as the hero in the story—for this Samaritan is none other than Christ (AMBROSE). Most of the church fathers treat the parable of the Good Samaritan allegorically with a christological interpretation (ORIGEN). It identifies