As a fitting conclusion one could indeed assert that, thus understood, the teaching and the deeds of the historical Jesus are not as such important but that the mere fact of his having existed is sufficient—so long as one realizes that this “fact” implies the whole reality of the person who as such is his own teaching, who as such coincides with his deeds and thereby possesses his unparalleled individuality and uniqueness. The person of Jesus is his teaching, and his teaching is he himself. Christian faith, that is, faith in Jesus as the Christ, is therefore truly “personal faith”. What this
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