By Schubert Ogden
According to an adequate a priori christology, x can be truly said to be the Christ (or any of the other things functionally equivalent and interchangeable therewith) if, and only if, x is the explicit primal ontic source authorizing all proper Christian criteria as well as authentic self-understanding. In other terms, x is the Christ if, and only if, x is the decisive re-presentation of the meaning of ultimate reality for us
According to an adequate a priori criteriology, x can be truly said to be the criterion (or any of the other things functionally equivalent and interchangeable therewith) if, and only if, x is the primay criterion authorized by the explicit primal ontic source. In other terms, x is the criterion if, and only if, x is the formally normative re-presentation of the meaning of ultimate reality for us.
4 June 1990; rev. 8 September 2003