There Is Much In Christianity Which Can

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.

Faith Means The Fundamental Response To The Love That Has Offered Itself Up For Me. It Thus Becomes Clear That Faith Is Ordered Primarily To The Inconceivability Of God's Love, Which Surpasses Us And Anticipates Us. Love Alone Is Credible; Nothing Else Can Be Believed, And Nothing Else Ought To Be Believed. This Is The Achievement, The 'work' Of Faith: To Recognize This Absolute Prius, Which Nothing Else Can Surpass; To Believe That There Is Such A Thing As Love, Absolute Love, And That There Is Nothing Higher Or Greater Than It.

The Passion Narratives Are The First Pieces Of The Gospels That Were Composed As A Unity.

There Is Much In Christianity Which Can Be Subjected To Exact Analysis. But The Ultimate Things Are Shrouded In The Silent Mysteries Of God.

The First Attempt At A Response: There Must Have Been A Fall, A Decline, And The Road To Salvation Can Only Be The Return Of The Sensible Finite Into The Intelligible Infinite.