By Schubert Ogden
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Christian proclamation as such, as the direct form of Christian witness that is distinct from the indirect form of Christian teaching, involves an imperative as well as an indicative -- orindicative—or, if you will, involves an indicative with a clear imperative meaning. In proclaiming that Jesus is the Christ, it asserts the decisive meaning of Jesus for us and summons us to appropriate this meaning, and thus to follow Jesus (in the language of the synoptic, or Galilean, tradition), or to be crucified with him (in the language of the Pauline, or Jerusalem, tradition).
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