The Christian perspective, more than any other places its emphasis on historical events. We must firstly point out that the actuality of these events is not in question, given that they constitute a revelation and are therefore ontologically evident. What is more significant, however, is the fact that these events are only evident insofar as they are a reflection of metaphysical principles within a temporal framework. Metaphysically, the Father is Beyond-Being and Being, the Godhead and the Essence of the world, the Spirit, personified in Mary, is the perfectly pure and receptive substance, which reflects the light of the father, the Son is that reflection who is therefore both the image of God in the world, and the prefiguration of the entire cosmos itself. The Son is always present in God as the Logos and in man as the Intellect, and indeed He is present everywhere insofar as a thing is seen in light of its Divine Cause.

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The question then, is not whether Christianity presents legitimate historical facts, but whether or not it presents a legitimate metaphysical perspective, which it undoubtedly does, despite the lack of metaphysical insight in the western Church in recent times. For the true Christian, there can be no reason to question the historical validity of Christian mythology for this kind of academic investigation yields only theoretical knowledge, whereas faith yields spiritual insight. These two modes of knowledge are situated on different planes, and therefore the former can never approach the latter in terms of its value for the man in question. “Ye shall know them by their fruits” Matthew 7:16