'All the elements and forms that are essential to religion (a concept of God, a sense of guilt, a desire for redemption., sacrifice, priesthood, temple, cult, prayer, etc.), though corrupted, nevertheless do also occur in pagan religions... Hence Christianity is not only positioned antithetically toward paganism; it is also paganism's fulfilment. Christianity is the true religion, therefore also the highest and purest; it is the truth of all religions. What in paganism is the caricature, the living original is here. What is appearance there is essence here. What is sought there can be found here.'
Herman Bavnick in Tony Reinke, Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books, p.74.
