The time is not so long past when for the appraisal of what was of permanent value in Christianity the alternative was formed: Not Paul but Jesus. At present this formula is beginning to lose its dividing force. The alternative has been shifted back into the mind of Jesus Himself; the question, Whether Paul or Jesus? has become the question, Which Jesus? In the consciousness and teaching of our Lord, a solid preformation of the Pauline Christ has been discovered, and the offense taken at
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