In his text from June 1963, Ladislav Hejdánek reflects on the urgent necessity of a new interpretation of the Gospel, which he defines as an inherently critical enterprise. This new interpretation demands the full application of critical thinking, aiming to penetrate beneath the thought structures and conceptual frameworks of the earliest witnesses and heralds. The author emphasizes that the essence of critique does not lie in simple negation, but primarily in establishing a necessary distance from the subject of inquiry. This distance allows for a new vantage point and an approach based on different starting positions and fundamental anchors. For Hejdánek, the critical method is a path toward deeper understanding that necessitates a radical reassessment of traditional interpretive frameworks. The text suggests that a genuine encounter with the message requires the courage to maintain a methodical distance and a willingness to seek new grounding in thought that meets the demands of contemporary critical reflection.