
Religion, the fear of God, must therefore be the element, which inspires and animates all theological investigation.
That must be the pulsebeat of the science.
A theologian is a person who makes bold to speak about God because he speaks out of God and through God.
To profess theology is to do holy work.
It is a priestly ministration in the house of the Lord.
It is itself a service of worship, a consecration of mind and heart to the honour of His name.
Herman Bavinck’s Inaugural Address as Professor of Systematic Theology in the Free University of Amsterdam
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