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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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prejudiced against the Life <strong>of</strong> Christ because the<br />

book has been edited by Christians. || <strong>The</strong>re are<br />

many words which are genuine and indigenous<br />

and have their root in our natures.... <strong>The</strong>re are<br />

also a great many words which are spurious and<br />

artificial, and can only be used in a bad sense,<br />

since the thing they signify is not fair and<br />

substantial— such as the church, the judiciary,...<br />

etc. etc. <strong>The</strong>y who use them do not stand on solid<br />

ground. It is vain to try to preserve them by<br />

attaching other words to them [such] as the true<br />

church, etc. It is like towing a sinking ship with a<br />

canoe.<br />

Søren Kierkegaard, <strong>The</strong> Journals (1849 50<br />

54 55): In Christ the religious is completely<br />

present-tense; in Paul it is already on the way to<br />

becoming doctrine. One can imagine the rest!...<br />

This trend has been kept up for God knows how<br />

many centuries. || When Jesus Christ lived, he<br />

was indeed the prototype. <strong>The</strong> task <strong>of</strong> faith is ... to<br />

imitate Christ, become a disciple. <strong>The</strong>n Christ dies.<br />

Now, through the Apostle Paul, comes a basic<br />

alteration.... He draws attention away from<br />

imitation and fixes it decisively upon the death <strong>of</strong><br />

314

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