Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundation and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received. (Paul Tillich)

Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundation and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received.

Paul Tillich

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