world, God has revealed that he loves us more than he loves himself. So, far from remaining detached from us in our fearful alienation and unappeasable agony, God has penetrated through the Cross into the deepest depths of our wickedness and violence and taken it all upon himself in order to judge it and redeem us from their tyranny over us. If the Church is to be faithful to its calling it must concentrate on the uniqueness of Christ, and particularly on Christ clothed with his Gospel as the crucified