God as its theme. In the Church’s proclamation, however, this unequivocal nature of the concept rather than the concept itself is shattered. Proclamation, too, implies speaking about God. But here, in what is said about God, there lies concealed as the meaning and purpose of the action the intention to speak the Word of God Himself. Παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρʼ ἡμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδέξασθε οὐ λόγου ἀνθρώπων ἀλλὰ καθὼς ἀληθῶς ἐστιν λόγον θεοῦ* (1 Thess. 2:13). ὡς ἐκ θεοῦ κατέναντι