Nietzsche writes, “The Christians have never practiced the actions Jesus prescribed them; and the impudent garrulous talk about the ‘justification by faith’ and its supreme and sole significance is only the consequence of the Church’s lack of courage and will to profess the works Jesus demanded.”144 Nietzsche was, indeed, a critic without parallel.
N's critique is a hasty generalization. Those people he describes do exist, but not to the degree he imagines. Nevertheless, he offers an incisive and devastating critique.
