the faith, into the objective fact of the incarnate self-revelation of God, while, on the other hand, the Church was spoken of as supporting and upholding the truth of God. Expressed the other way round, the revealed truth of God is grounded in and built into human life and society as it is proclaimed and believed, known and taught by the Church in a way that promotes godliness. Thus the great mystery of godliness manifest in Jesus Christ and his saving grace became embodied in the Church as its