--- title: "8 Oneself Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI" description: "8 Oneself quotes by Pope Benedict XVI. Plus more from Pope Benedict XVI and more Oneself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/pope-benedict-xvi-414_acceptable_today-having-a-clear-faith-based-on-the_269287.jpg" --- > [Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/today-having-a-clear-faith-based-on-the-creed-of-the-church-is-often/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/pope-benedict-xvi-414_acceptable_today-having-a-clear-faith-based-on-the_269287.jpg) > [Dialogue is the fundamental unfolding of a gift of oneself to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dialogue-is-the-fundamental-unfolding-of-a-gift-of-oneself-to-another/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/pope-benedict-xvi-414_communication_dialogue-is-the-fundamental-unfolding-of_946112.jpg) > [Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/having-a-clear-faith-based-on-the-creed-of-the-church-is-often/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/pope-benedict-xvi-414_attitude_having-a-clear-faith-based-on-the-creed_1055937.jpg) > [Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/sometimes-men-and-women-prefer-the-darkness-to-the-light-because-they/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/pope-benedict-xvi-414_confessing_sometimes-men-and-women-prefer-the-darkn_1493238.jpg) > [From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/from-the-point-of-view-of-the-christian-faith-man-comes-in-the/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/pope-benedict-xvi-414_accepting_from-the-point-of-view-of-the-christian_1532479.jpg) > [Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/anyone-who-has-discovered-christ-must-lead-others-to-him-a-great-joy/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/pope-benedict-xvi-414_catholicism_anyone-who-has-discovered-christ-must-le_2013246.jpg) > [Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/those-who-allow-themselves-to-be-led-by-the-spirit-understand-that/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/pope-benedict-xvi-414_extras_those-who-allow-themselves-to-be-led-by_2312466.jpg) > [A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/a-dictatorship-of-relativism-is-being-built-that-recognizes-nothing/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/pope-benedict-xvi-414_attitude_a-dictatorship-of-relativism-is-being-bu_3150874.jpg) ## Other authors on Oneself ## More by Pope Benedict XVI > [The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-fact-that-the-lord-can-work-and-act-even-with-insufficient-means/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-essence-of-christianity-is-an-ever-new-encounter-with-the-god-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/continue-to-witness-to-the-gospel-every-day-and-commit-yourselves/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-example-of-fidelity-to-prayer-challenges-us-to-examine-the-time/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-we-look-to-the-saints-this-great-luminous-wake-with-which-god-has/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joseph-ratzinger-never-developed-his-own-theological-system-as-a/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-christ-does-not-teach-us-a-spirituality-of-closed-eyes-but-one/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Joy is the true gift of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joy-is-the-true-gift-of-christmas/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/material-possessions-in-themselves-are-good-we-would-not-survive-for/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/one-of-the-promising-indications-of-a-renewal-in-the-church-s/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/god-loves-us-despite-our-shortcomings-and-sins-and-his-love-gives/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/discovering-the-beauty-and-joy-of-faith-is-a-path-that-every-new/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/apostolic-and-missionary-fruitfulness-is-not-principally-due-to/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oneself/pope-benedict-xvi/#itemlist", "name": "8 Oneself Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. 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