By way of complete contrast to this position of Heim we consider that of Calvin. The whole of Calvin’s theology is based on the scriptural teaching to the effect that man can never know himself or his world unless he, from the outset, sees himself and his world created by God and redeemed by Christ. Christ identifies himself as the one through whom all things of the I-It dimension are created and by whom they consist and are brought to their consummation. Christ identifies himself as the one who,