The Responsibility of Biblical Theology to Communities of Faith

Abstract

“A posture of openness preserves in creative tension the normative role of the Bible emphasized by the conservative and the contribution of contemporary experience emphasized by the liberal and the pentecostal. It stresses what the ecumenical movement has long proclaimed: we need each other, and we need each other in the uniqueness and richness of each other's perspectives. But we can appreciate that need only if we are open to enrichment through a sharing of visions.”