"There is a certain type of secularist
outlook that one comes across, and also another approach which one might call
'pietistic', both of which share the view that Christians somehow are not fully
and entirely human. According to the former, the demands of the Gospel are such
as to stifle our human qualities; whereas for the latter, human nature is so
fallen that it threatens and endangers the purity of the faith. The result,
either way, is the same. They both fail to grasp the full significance of
Christ's Incarnation, they do not see that 'the Word was made flesh', became
man, 'and dwelt amongst us'."
