By Schubert Ogden
Reflection on the Epigraph from Luther (in The Point of Christology_)_
By definition, the historical Jesus is the merely human Jesus, who is in principle one with whom we exist, act, believe, witness, or whatever – -- one who thus stands on the same level as ourselves. This, then, is why "it is not enough, nor is it Christian" to appeal to the historical Jesus.
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