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Only The Christian Religion, Which In Its Essence Is Communicated By The Eternal Child Of God, Keeps Alive In Its Believers The Lifelong Awareness Of Their Being Children, And Therefore Of Having To Ask And Give Thanks For Things.

Lovers Are The Ones Who Know Most About God; The Theologian Must Listen To Them.

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.

The Greatest Tragedy In The History Of Christianity Was Neither The Crusades Nor The Reformation Nor The Inquisition, But Rather The Split That Opened Up Between Theology And Spirituality At The End Of The Middle Ages.

Whoever Removes The Cross And Its Interpretation By The New Testament From The Center, In Order To Replace It, For Example, With The Social Commitment Of Jesus To The Oppressed As A New Center, No Longer Stands In Continuity With The Apostolic Faith.