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The obligations of a Christian, then, are twofold even at the primary level of life-praxis, as distinct from the secondary level of critical reflection on such praxis so as to validate the claims to validity made or implied by it. On the one hand, the Christian is obliged to make effective use of the specifically Christian means of salvation; on the other hand, she or he is obliged to assist in the valid administration of these very means. But this means that, in defining my obligations as a member of the church exclusively with reference to the second -- to assisting in the valid administration of the Christian means of salvation – -- I have indeed defined them too one-sidedly.

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