If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a question unanswered… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
To invoke a Kierkegaardesque figure of speech, the beauty of the language of the Bible can be like a set of dentist's instruments nearly… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
“The apostle Paul often appears in Christian thought as the one chiefly responsible for the de-Judaization of the gospel and even for the transmutation… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Tradition is the living faith of dead people to which we must add our chapter while we have the gift of life. Traditionalism is… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of western… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read more widely… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
