--- title: "1 Christian theology Quotes By Robert Farrar Capon" description: "1 Christian theology quotes by Robert Farrar Capon. Plus more from Robert Farrar Capon and more Christian theology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/robert-farrar-capon-4404_adventure_christian-theology-however-never-is-and_2378655.jpg" --- > [“Christian theology, however, never is and never can be anything more than the thoughts that Christians have (alone or with others) after they have said yes to Jesus. Sure, it can be a thrilling subject. Of course, it is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/christian-theology-however-never-is-and-never-can-be-anything-more/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/robert-farrar-capon-4404_adventure_christian-theology-however-never-is-and_2378655.jpg) ## More by Robert Farrar Capon > [“The Gospel of grace must not be turned into a bait-and-switch offer. It is not one of those airline supersavers in which you read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-gospel-of-grace-must-not-be-turned-into-a-bait-and-switch-offer/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Because the creative Word is the eternal contemporary of every moment of the world's existence, the kingdom is catholic in time as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/because-the-creative-word-is-the-eternal-contemporary-of-every-moment/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Jesus not only revealed himself, he hid himself at the same time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/jesus-not-only-revealed-himself-he-hid-himself-at-the-same-time/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Salvation is not some felicitous state to which we can lift ourselves by our own bootstraps after the contemplation of sufficiently good examples. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/salvation-is-not-some-felicitous-state-to-which-we-can-lift-ourselves/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/preachers-are-stewards-whom-the-lord-has-set-over-his-household/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Both the ferial and the festal cuisine, therefore, must be seen as styles of unabashed eating. Neither attempts to do anything to food other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/both-the-ferial-and-the-festal-cuisine-therefore-must-be-seen-as/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-shock-of-unemployment-becomes-a-pathology-in-its-own-right/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/give-us-this-day-our-daily-taste-restore-to-us-soups-that-spoons-will/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/older-women-are-like-aging-strudels-the-crust-may-not-be-so-lovely/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/a-good-time-occurs-precisely-when-we-lose-track-of-what-time-it-is/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“The secular, for all its goodness, does not defend itself very well against mindless and perpetual consumption. It cries out to be offered by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-secular-for-all-its-goodness-does-not-defend-itself-very-well/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-reason-for-not-going-out-and-sinning-all-you-like-is-the-same-as/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“We were never told that it would not hurt, only that nothing would ever finally go wrong; not that it would not often go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/we-were-never-told-that-it-would-not-hurt-only-that-nothing-would/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-world-exists-not-for-what-it-means-but-for-what-it-is-the-purpose/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/it-is-precisely-because-no-one-needs-soup-fish-meat-salad-cheese-and/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-theology/robert-farrar-capon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Christian theology Quotes By Robert Farrar Capon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Christian theology, however, never is and never can be anything more than the thoughts that Christians have (alone or with others) after they have said yes to Jesus. 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