movement was primarily interested in the special character and nature of the Bible, its difference from any other type of literature or system of thought, its relation to the Church and its proclamation, the unity of the Bible and the relation of the Old Testament to the New, and its place in the witness of the Church.18 At the same time, the movement emphasized that the God of the Bible was a God who acted in history, and, therefore, historical criticism, which focused upon this history, was the
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