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title: "1 Absolute Faith Quotes By Karl Rahner"
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> [In the midst of our lives, of our freedom and our struggles, we have to make a radical, absolute decision. And we never know when lightening will strike us out of the blue. It may be when we least expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/in-the-midst-of-our-lives-of-our-freedom-and-our-struggles-we-have-to/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

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## More by Karl Rahner

> [What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/what-christ-gives-us-is-quite-explicit-if-his-own-words-are/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Knowing God is more important than knowing about God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/knowing-god-is-more-important-than-knowing-about-god/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim Him with their mouths and deny Him with their actions is what an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/the-number-one-cause-of-atheism-is-christians-those-who-proclaim-him/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/every-year-we-celebrate-the-holy-season-of-advent-o-god-every-year-we/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/but-there-is-yet-another-form-of-this-hidden-heresy-and-paradoxically/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [In the midst of our lives, of our freedom and our struggles, we have to make a radical, absolute decision. And we never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/in-the-midst-of-our-lives-of-our-freedom-and-our-struggles-we-have-to/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [The dead are silent because they live, just as we chatter so loudly to try to make ourselves forget that we are dying. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/the-dead-are-silent-because-they-live-just-as-we-chatter-so-loudly-to/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Emptiness is only a disguise for an intimacy of God's, that God's silence, the eerie stillness, is filled by the Word without words, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/emptiness-is-only-a-disguise-for-an-intimacy-of-god-s-that-god-s/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Learning always involves self-transcendence. Learning calls forth what is in us, helping us to move toward authenticity and wholeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/learning-always-involves-self-transcendence-learning-calls-forth-what/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Love alone allows man to forget himself... it alone can still redeem even the darkest hours of the past since it alone finds the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/love-alone-allows-man-to-forget-himself-it-alone-can-still-redeem/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/meditating-on-the-nature-and-dignity-of-prayer-can-cause-saying-at/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [“For a Catholic understanding of the faith there is no reason why the basic concern of Evangelical Christianity as it comes to expression in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/for-a-catholic-understanding-of-the-faith-there-is-no-reason-why-the/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/only-in-love-can-i-find-you-my-god-in-love-the-gates-of-my-soul/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [Childhood is not a state which only applies to the first phase of our lives in the biological sense. Rather it is a basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/childhood-is-not-a-state-which-only-applies-to-the-first-phase-of-our/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

> [In the post-Christian world, all Christians will be mystics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/in-the-post-christian-world-all-christians-will-be-mystics/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

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