"Every doctrine from the past cannot be salvaged."

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“Some students cannot accept that radical openness of history, and they lapse into some form of fundamentalism or traditionalism that simply clings to theological formulas of the past.”

“A symbol is first of all a finite reality of this world.”

“The single most important factor that has undermined the notion of inspiration is the rise of an historical consciousness.”

“To describe the phenomenon is to unmask it.”

“Each book of the New Testament is in its own way a methodical interpretation of the Christian experience of revelation.”

“Revelation as a consciousness of God's Presence is available to all.”

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