The apparent reinterpretation here—in Matthew 25—of the christological profession of faith into the unconditionality of human service and mutual help is not to be regarded, after what we have said, as an escape from otherwise prevailing dogma; it is in truth the logical consequence of the hyphen between Jesus and Christ and, therefore, comes right from the heart of Christology itself. For this hyphen—let me repeat—is at the same time the hyphen between faith and love. Therefore it is also true that faith that is not love is not a really Christian faith; it only seems to be such—a fact that
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