as we can see and recognize if we start from that total perception of Christ in the lived community of Christ about which we have already spoken. Christ is the foundation for salvation and new life. And for that reason christology and Christian ethics cannot be separated. The Sitz im Leben for christology—its situation in life—is the community of Christ, with its elemental functions for living, and its tasks for the world surrounding it. That is why christology is related to the gospel of Christ
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