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> [Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/celibacy-is-not-just-a-matter-of-not-having-sex-it-is-a-way-of/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

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## More by Timothy Radcliffe

> [“Orthodoxy is the wide open field within which successful breeding can take place. If one maintains that Jesus was an eater of magic mushrooms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/orthodoxy-is-the-wide-open-field-within-which-successful-breeding-can/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/clearly-a-big-challenge-for-christianity-is-how-to-remain-in-contact/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/we-need-the-wisdom-of-women-and-the-experience-of-married-people-and/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/our-society-has-lost-confidence-in-the-power-of-reason-except-perhaps/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/at-the-centre-of-christianity-is-community-we-are-gathered-by-the/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not their sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/any-deep-rooted-prejudice-against-others-such-as-homophobia-or/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/the-unutterable-violence-of-the-holocaust-shook-our-confidence-in-the/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/seeking-the-good-is-not-primarily-about-rules-and-commandments/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/all-the-abrahamic-faiths-are-marked-by-violence/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/to-be-a-preacher-requires-two-apparently-contradictory-qualities/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/the-key-question-for-the-future-of-europe-is-whether-these-faiths/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/to-be-frank-i-suspect-that-today-there-is-little-respect-for/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/thinking-that-morality-is-all-about-commandments-is-a-relatively-new/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/i-believe-that-his-death-and-resurrection-transformed-humanity-s/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

> [Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/indeed-if-we-christians-so-tell-our-story-that-judaism-is-silenced/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

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