There could be true Christians even if Christianity were false - they would then be those who live as Christians should live according to this false way of life. But Christianity could also be true without there being any true Christians - because no one lives as Christianity expects and suggests. Kierkegaard fears that this could be the case in contemporary Denmark, because there may not have been a true Christian since Jesus. One must therefore not only distinguish between the question of the truth of Christianity and the question of the existence of true Christians, but also note the ambiguity in the term ‚true Christians‘. Kierkegaard attempts to do this by distinguishing between Christendom and Christianity and by not equating the existence of individuals coram mundo (as human beings among human beings) and coram deo (as creatures before God). A true self in the strict sense only exists before God, i.e. not in Christendom, but only in Christianity. Becoming a Christian in Christianity and becoming a true self are therefore identical processes.