The Christian Church Does Not Exist In

We Are Now Assuming That We Have Here The Centre And Goal Of All God's Works, And Therefore The Hidden Beginning Of Them All. We Are Also Assuming That The Prominent Place Occupied By This Divine Work Has Something Corresponding To It In The Essence Of God, That The Son Forms The Centre Of The Trinity, And That The Essence Of The Divine Being Has, So To Speak, Its Locus ... In His Work, In The Name And Person Of Jesus Christ.

There Is A Notion That Complete Impartiality Is The Most Fitting And Indeed The Normal Disposition For True Exegesis , Because It Guarantees Complete Absence Of Prejudice. For A Short Time, Around 1910, This Idea Threatened To Achieve Almost A Canonical Status In Protestant Theology. But Now, We Can Quite Calmly Describe It As Merely Comical.

Theology Is Not A Private Subject For Theologians Only. Nor Is It A Private Subject For Professors. Fortunately, There Have Always Been Pastors Who Have Understood More About Theology Than Most Professors. Nor Is Theology A Private Subject Of Study For Pastors. Fortunately, There Have Repeatedly Been Congregation Members, And Often Whole Congregations, Who Have Pursued Theology Energetically While Their Pastors Were Theological Infants Or Barbarians. Theology Is A Matter For The Church.

Men Have Never Been Good, They Are Not Good And They Never Will Be Good.

Mozart Creates Music From A Mysterious Center, And So Knows The Limits To The Right And The Left, Above And Below. He Maintains Moderation.