without differentiation.10 On the other hand, it is not permissible to conclude from the expression “the least of these my brothers” that the judge of the world is calling all men his brothers and only among them those in need. A large number of texts show that Christ sees himself generally represented in the poor and lowly especially, people who—quite apart from their ethical quality, but simply through their being lowly, and the appeal to the love of others that lies in that—make present the Master.