This document records a 1967 seminar hosted by Milan Machovec, featuring a lecture by Catholic theologian Johannes Baptist Metz on whether Christianity constitutes alienation. Metz, a student of Karl Rahner, proposed the concept of "institutionalized criticism" as a means for faith to overcome the world. During the discussion, Protestant theologian Wolf-Dieter Marsch challenged this idea, arguing that institutions are inherently anti-critical and that institutionalizing criticism is a contradiction in terms. The author intervenes by noting that criticism without organizational support becomes utopian and detached from practice. He also observes a point of agreement between Metz and Marsch regarding the negativity of the future and the rejection of a positive metaphysics of freedom. The text concludes by emphasizing that while institutions and visions of the future are necessary, they inevitably fail when faced with the lived experience of human beings. Ultimately, faith draws its strength from these failing structures, navigating the constant tension between theoretical programs and their practical, though imperfect, realization.