Regarding the words of the creeds: “The words “under Pontius Pilate” remind us that imperial authorities hate challenges to their absolute power to order the world as they wish. Jesus died a violent but also a legal death."
-Luke Timothy Johnson, "The Creed"
“We cannot break free [from the oppressive system of idolatry and unbelief] using our intellect because we did not intellectually enter into this system.” @PeterRollins