to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs The "children" are the Jews; the "dogs" are the Gentiles. This was the name applied by the Jews to all outside the chosen race, the dog being in the East a symbol of impurity. St Paul, regarding the Christian Church as the true Israel, terms the Judaizing teachers "dogs," Philippians 3:2. Christ's words, as reported by St Mark (ch. Mark 7:27), contain a gleam of hope, "Let the children first be filled."

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