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Bultmann argues that there is one assessment of Jesus' person that corresponds to his own intention -- insofar, namely, as he is sent by God, "insofar as he is bearer of the word" (Jesus: 181). I take it to be clear that, in the purely formal concepts of W. A. Christian's properly developed philosophy of religion, to be "bearer of the word [sc. of God]" is to function as "the vehicle of a religious suggestion" (Meaning and Truth in Religion: 99).

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