Of all subjects, the death of Christ is probably the one in regard to which it is least possible to urge the familiar distinction between theology and religion. There is such a distinction, no doubt; religion is one thing, and theology is another. But it is not an absolute distinction. The two things are not two which have nothing to do with one another; they have a common root; there is a point at which they meet and are inextricably involved in each other, and that point is the Cross of Christ, interpreted as the New Testament interprets it.

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