You're overstating your case. Christ healed the Canaanite woman's daughter, and commended her for her faith, as too the centurion's slave, commending the centurion for his faith (with the implied criticism of His Chosen People, 'not even in Israel'), and spoke, indeed preached, to St. Photini, even though she was a Samaritan.
And you neglect, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
Also, in seeing Paul as the originator of spreading the Gospel to the gentiles (a strange notion, given Christ's words just recalled), you forget Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, while Paul was as yet, Saul, the persecutor of the Church.
Great points.
Canaanites are Semites. They were condemned for their pagan practices, but they, like the Phoenicians were of the same fold as the Israelites.
Samaritans are also Semites. Their religion is Judaism.
And you neglect, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
No I don't. It was mentioned earlier in another post to FK. The word for 'nations' is not by any stretch a word that applies to all nations by necessity. It means 'tribe,clan' and in the NT context is used for the descendent's of Jacob and Isaac.
you forget Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, while Paul was as yet, Saul, the persecutor of the Church
Anyone could convert to Judaism just as anyone can do so today. No one had specific isntructions to preach to the Gentiles.There was no reason for it. The messianic belief was all about Judaism.
+Paul changed his name from Saul to +Paul after he baptized Paulus, a Roman governor (I believe on Cyprus).
"Also, in seeing Paul as the originator of spreading the Gospel to the gentiles (a strange notion, given Christ's words just recalled), you forget Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, while Paul was as yet, Saul, the persecutor of the Church."
I have always wondered if the Ethiopian Eunuch wasn't in fact a Jew. Certainly there was a large group of Jews in Ethiopia by the time of Christ, he was reading Isaiah and going to Jerusalem to worship.