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ogden-genitivus17.pdf 

That Christian theology is properly thought and spoken of as "the understanding of Christian faith (genitivus objectivus)" in no way implies that it is the only thing that is properly so thought and spoken of. For Christian witness, also, in its way, or at its level, is quite properly thought and spoken of as "the understanding of Christian faith (gen. obj.)."

Christian faith itself is an understanding -- – the understanding of Christian faith (genitivus subjectivus)." And Christian witness is an understanding, the first understanding, of this understanding of Christian faith qua object. Christian theology, then, is the second such understanding of Christian faith as object, which consists in critically interpreting its meaning and critically validating the claims to validity made or implied by the first understanding, i.e., by Christian witness.

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