Matteo looked into the flame. For the first time in his life, he saw not a theological problem, but an answer: We are the gate. We always were.
The footnote read: When religions forget they are siblings, the keeper must remind them. To read this is to become the reminder. the encyclopedia of religion volume 4 page 165
Here is a story based on the archetype of the “guardian of the threshold,” a common religious and mythological motif: Matteo looked into the flame