from "The Oxford History of Christianity."
Henry Chadwick (pp 25 - 28) :
"St Paul understood the distinctive heart of Christianity to lie in the historic facts of the gospel; the Jesus of history was one with the Christ of faith, who was also the eternal wisdom of God in creation. St John likewise believed that God was uniquely present in Jesus. But even as early as St John's Gospel the 'incarnation' implies a manifestation within time and history of the eternal Word of God. In the epistle to the Hebrews there is equal emphasis both upon the spontaneity and fullness of Jesus' humanity and upon the faith that in him the eternal Son of the Father has come to unite believers to himself; he is the pioneer of our salvation, our representative bringing to the Father and to the heavenly company those who put their trust in Him."
"St Paul understood the distinctive heart of Christianity to lie in the historic facts of the gospel; the Jesus of history was one with the Christ of faith, who was also the eternal wisdom of God in creation. St John likewise believed that God was uniquely present in Jesus. But even as early as St John's Gospel the 'incarnation' implies a manifestation within time and history of the eternal Word of God. In the epistle to the Hebrews there is equal emphasis both upon the spontaneity and fullness of Jesus' humanity and upon the faith that in him the eternal Son of the Father has come to unite believers to himself; he is the pioneer of our salvation, our representative bringing to the Father and to the heavenly company those who put their trust in Him."
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