In our view, a Christian who is not charismatic – in the full sense of the word, that is to say, open to the Spirit and docile to his promptings – is a Christian forgetful of his baptism. On the other hand, a Christian who is not ‘socially committed’ is a truncated Christian who disregards the gospel’s commandments. We felt that the simplest way of working together – in musical terms, we might say playing a kind of duet – would be for each of us in turn to explain how he envisages the Christian of our time: at once wholly open to God and totally dedicated to the service of humankind.