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Having realized that Bultmann understands "the true scandal" to have two distinguishable aspects, I have become sensitive to his in effect expressing such an understanding even where the true scandal explicitly as such is not even referred to.unmigrated-wiki-markup

Thus, for example, he can say, "Everything, possessions and family, education and law, nation and state, can become sin at man's hands, i.e., it can become a means for \ [1\] pursuing his own interests \ [_sc_. contrary to God's commandment(s)\] and \ [2\] disposing of his existence \ [_sc_. so as to secure himself, instead of obediently accepting the security that God alone can provide\]" (_Existence and Faith_: 160; cf. also 162, where Bultmann refers to "that sinful self-understanding in which man wills \ [1\] to pursue his own interests and \ [2\] to dispose of his existence").

25 November 2001