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4. But this means that to accept the assertion implied by their confession in no way requires one to assent to the truth of certain empirical-historical assertions about Jesus -- to the effect that he himself already made or, at least, implied the same christological claim. On the contrary, whatever the truth or falsity of any such assertions, to accept the claim re-presented in the apostolic witness as Jesus' claim is to accept a strictly existential-historical assertion --   to the effect that, being the gift and demand of God's love become explicit, Jesus is of decisive significance for human existence.

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