to stay clear of patripassianism by contending that only the Son undergoes the experience of dying; the Father suffers the grief of the Son. In a strikingly un–Barthian stance Moltmann maintains that not only do we need God’s compassion but also God needs ours for his perfection to be complete. Tillich, too, recoiled from patripassianism with its implication that God’s purposes can be thwarted or defeated. Tillich acknowledged non–being within God himself, but this negative element is constantly