It addressed the problem of pagans who were never evangelized and consequently during their lifetime had no opportunity to recognize Christ, but nevertheless led virtuous lives, so that it seemed objectionable to consider them damned.

In 1936, the Keetoowah Society amended its constitution to recognize Christ.

Most Protestants today recognize only Christ as a mediator between themselves and God (1 Timothy 2:5).

He would then have had to recognize not only himself as the equivalent of Christ, but Christ as a symbol of the self.

The disciples are unable to recognize Christ for who he was until "while he was at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.

So, as in the Gospel account, it is the demons who recognize Christ for what He is when others fail to identify him.

They also believe that the nation is under obligation, once admitted but now repudiated, to recognise Christ as its king and to govern all its affairs in accordance with God's will.

To be saved, people must recognize Christ as their savior as well as their need for redemption.

But those who had gone on to receive gnosis had come to recognize Christ as the one sent from the Father of Truth, whose coming revealed to them that their own nature was identical with his-and with God's.

Through this spirit man is able to recognize Christ as his saviour and to grow in faith.