Joaquin C. Yap, Jr., S.W., (“Christology in the Service of Faith”) notes that the various quests for the “historical Jesus” have often been plagued by an a priori principle derived from the Enlightenment: a rejection of the supernatural and a deistic understanding of God. But historical criticism without such a philosophical presupposition can illumine the world in which Jesus lived and, more importantly, help the believer to encounter, know, and adore the Jesus of the Gospels. – from the Editor’s Preface