the real vocation of a theologian

For Balthasar, challenging misremembering is essential to the contemporary theological task. Challenging Hegelian thought is absolutely crucial, since this discourse represents the most powerful act of misremembering that Christianity encounters in the modern world....Still, important as the enterprise is, it is not on a par with the real vocation of the theologian, which is remembering the live voices of the tradition as they witness to the mystery of the triune God revealed in Christ, and as they attest to the logic of love.

—Cyril O'Regan, The Anatomy of Misremembering (2014)