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The fourth volume in Balthasar’s Explorations in Theology essays is built around the theme of spirit and institution, the two central features of the Church which Balthasar approaches from different angles. The first part of Spirit and Institution looks at who man is, and then examines the distinctively Christian experience of God. Part two is a whole section on the Church which includes topics...

Does Christianity have a form? The question seems to be as unimportant as it is unfamiliar. But it could be that everything depends on it. Yet how can one answer either Yes or No to it? If we say No, that Christianity cannot be fixed to any single form, then we must also admit that all of its inner-worldly expressions are ephemeral and can make no absolute claim of validity: according to this point of view, Christianity refers to the invisible, to what transcends every concept,
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