“For supposing all the Jews had believed, the Gentiles would nevertheless be called, because, ‘In every race, he who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him’ [Acts Io:35]. But it was because the Jews despised the apostles that the apostles had an opportunity at that time to turn to the Gentiles.”

-Anselm of Canterbury, Why God Became Man, Book 1, 18.