"Presumably those who profess and call themselves Christians believe their religion to be in some sense true; but in what sense? ... The truth of the Christian faith is the truth of a faith, or a way of life which shows itself true ... for those who live it."
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"Our Contemporary Christ," in Borderland Theology and Other Essays (1968), p. 82
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Donald M. MacKinnon
Donald Mackenzie MacKinnon (27 August 1913 – 2 March 1994) was a Scottish philosopher and theologian.
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