How should one conceptualize the incomprehensible, and with what should one compare the incomparable? It is fascinating how creatively and dynamically the first witnesses were able to describe their faith-giving and life-opening knowledge of Christ. Her talk about God is consistently based on the gospel of the identity and meaning of Jesus Christ. And looking at their Lord opens up to believers the salutary effects for themselves and for the world as a whole. Theology is consistently developed here as Christology; and Christology as soteriology - as the doctrine of salvation.