The Prodigal sons , also known under the name of the Wire Lost sometimes (one prefers to him the prodigal title of Father, wire found, or parabola of the Father and two wire…) is one of the most known parabolas of Jesus de Nazareth.

The history is in the Évangile according to Luc 15:11 – 32 of the New Testament of the Bible, where it is the third and last part of a Trilogie, immediately preceded by the Mouton Lost and the Lost Pièce.

The Prodigal son refers to a son who turns over to the house after having wasted his fortune. The history puts in parallel two characters. The oldest son, who comply with the rules, and the younger son (the Spendthrift) which goes to discovered from the world, without respecting the commands ethical S of his/her father. In a rather fine way, the Spendthrift is not only one heir who wastes his heritage, he also will put himself at the service from abroad to earn his living.

This prodigal son character is interesting for several reasons. The Bible proposes a great number of rules which the men should follow: the commands of Brace, those of Jesus (you like the ones the others),… the parabola puts in scene a first character, the Oldest son, who adheres to commands. But it thus puts also in scene this second character, the Prodigal son, tempting, avid of adventures, adaptable to other worlds that it his,… and hardly sensitive to the ethical commands.

Saint Pierre Chrysologue wrote several sermons on this Parabole.

The parabola of the prodigal son was employed between the V {{E}} and the 8th century by several theologists of which Pierre Chrysologue to indicate two wire of the Father, the oldest son, symbolizing the Judaïsme, which remain close to the house, and the son junior, the Église and the fishermen (see Other interpretations).

The term “Prodigal sons” also passed in the current use to designate a child or a dependant which does not fill the hopes of those which launched it in the life or a career.

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