“What gives most trouble to Christians of all epochs is neither lack of faith nor excess of criticism; it is Jesus himself, who bestows freedom so open-handedly and dangerously on those who do not know what to do with it. The church always gets panic-stricken for fear of the turmoil that he creates when he comes on the scene; and so takes his freedom under its own management for the protection of the souls entrusted to it….”
Ernst Käsemann: “Jesus Means Freedom,” p,149.