AND IF SOMEONE IS A MINISTER OF GOD, HE ENDS UP BELIEVING THAT HE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PEOPLE, OWNER OF THE DOCTRINE, HOLDER OF POWER, CLOSED TO GOD’S SURPRISES. THE “DEGRADATION OF ASTONISHMENT” IS AN EXPRESSION THAT SPEAKS TO ME PARTICULARLY WELL. SOMETIMES I FOUND MYSELF THINKING THAT A GOOD SLIDE WOULD DO SOME OF THE CHARACTERS SO RIGID GOOD, BECAUSE IF THEY RECOGNIZED THEMSELVES AS SINNERS, THEY WOULD MEET JESUS.