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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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