Christian Obedience, By Its Very

The Church Does Not Dispense The Sacrament Of Baptism In Order To Acquire For Herself An Increase In Membership But In Order To Consecrate A Human Being To God And To Communicate To That Person The Divine Gift Of Birth From God.

Hence The Importance Of Patience In The New Testament, Which Becomes The Basic Constituent Of Christianity, More Central Even Than Humility: The Power To Wait, To Persevere, To Hold Out, To Endure To The End, Not To Transcend One's Own Limitations, Not To Force Issues By Playing The Hero Or The Titan, But To Practice The Virtue That Lies Beyond Heroism, The Meekness Of The Lamb Which Is Led.

Being Disguised Under The Disfigurement Of An Ugly Crucifixion And Death, The Christ Upon The Cross Is Paradoxically The Clearest Revelation Of Who God Is.

The Holy Spirit Knows What A Particular Age's Most Pressing Need Is Far Better Than Men With Their Programs.

The Work With Which We Embark On This First Volume Of A Series Of Theological Studies Is A Work With Which The Philosophical Person Does Not Begin, But Rather Concludes.