Næppe nogen anden bliver så respektløst behandlet i Kierkegaards dagbøger, hvor han blandt meget andet udnævnes til "verdenshistorisk Slagsbroder", "brølende Grovsmed", "jodlende Friskfyr" og "ølnordisk Kæmpe". Takket være alle disse egenskaber har han ifølge Kierkegaard gjort sig fortjent til en plads i "Dansk Fjanteon". Han læste numrene af Øieblikket og kommenterede dem i sine prædikener, hvor trosbekendelsen, dåben og nadveren fremhæves som kristendommens sande kendetegn. Han kaldte Kierkegaard en af "de iiskolde Spottere, der altid hænge som Iistapper under Kirketaget".		Hardly anyone else is treated with so little respect in Kierkegaard's diaries, where he among much else is designated "world-historical rowdy," "bellowing blacksmith," "yodelling fresh fellow," and "ale-Nordic giant." Thanks to all these qualities Grundtvig has, according to Kierkegaard, earned a place in the "Dansk Fjanteon" [the "Danish Inane-theon"]. He read the issues of Øieblikket and commented on them in his sermons, where the creed, baptism and the eucharist are emphasized as the true characteristics of Christianity. He called Kierkegaard one of "the ice cold mockers, that always hang like icicles under the church roof."

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