ABSTRACT
There is much to be done in Christian theology broadly conceived, and every Christian has a part to play, and in fact plays a part. For no Christian is innocent of theological thoughts; and while professional theologians ought to be resource persons for the Church, theological utterance, well versed in the Christian tradition, and competent to stand at the frontier between Church and world, they are by no means alone, and still less are they infallible. Dramatic occasions of the kind noted are, no doubt, few and far between; they highlight the work of theological conservation and exploration, in less spectacular times, is no less needed if the message which has been committed to the Church is to be heard in each successive generation. In order to see what is to be conserved that one has to explore the Christian heritage. Theologians may or may not be ministers of the Gospel, but ministers of the Gospel ought to be theologians.
