Theology Quotes · Page 15

“If you meditate on the Holy Scriptures, you mind shall me on the Jesus Christ, the Saviour,”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

— Georgia Harkness

“No language about God will ever be fully adequate to the burning mystery which it signifies.”

— Elizabeth Johnston

Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms.

— Anonymous

“Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.”

— Ron Brackin

“Isn't that funny, that deity is passe but the attributes and implications of deity linger--”

— Gregory Maguire

“Faith is intrinsic to humanity and the freedom to practice one's religion is a right no power can deny”

— Aysha Taryam

In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.

— Thomas Merton

Intelligent Design has been hijacked by a narrow group of creationist fundamentalists in America to mean something it didn't originally mean at…

— Guy Consolmagno

“[A]ll that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find…

— C.S. Lewis

Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error.

— Mortimer Adler

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed…

— H. L. Mencken

Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty…

— Albert Einstein

“During the judgment against Gog and his hordes, the Israelites will remain under God’s protection. Despite the terrifying events raging around them,…

— Anton Khapitskyi

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and…

— Lionel Blue

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to…

— Marilynne Robinson

You see, my Lord Archbishop, what is "dubious" about my theology is not that it contradicts particular doctrinal teachings, things are much…

— Eugen Drewermann

I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did…

— Martin Luther

“Theology does not thrive in the world of action and reaction, change: it grows on calm, like the scum on a stagnant…

— John Gardner

Christianity, if it is to triumph over pantheism, must absorb it. To our pusillanimous eyes Jesus would have borne the marks of…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“The Bible assumes that we do not know instinctively how to talk with God but rather need some help with knowing how…

— John E. Goldingay

“In the scientific community, the adjective ‘theological’ is some- times used pejoratively to refer to a vague or ill-formulated belief. I believe…

— John Polkinghorne

I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.. you can't understand English literature and…

— Richard Dawkins

The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history.

— Elie Wiesel

If we believe in a theology that doesn’t contain doing the works of Jesus, we will not have a practice of Signs…

— John Wimber

“Question the answers, I repeated every class. Reevaluate your conclusions when the evidence changes.”

— Craig M. Mullaney

Either theology is pure nonsense, a subject with no content, or else theology must ultimately become a branch of physics.

— Frank Tipler

“If we read the Holy Scripture, we shall grow in our knowledge of Jesus Christ, the Saviour. And be filled with the…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

God must not engage in theology. The writer must not destroy by human reasonings the faith that art requires of us.

— Jorge Luis Borges

The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.

— Albert Schweitzer

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that…

— Alistair Begg

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up.

— Katherine Heigl

What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the…

— Albert Einstein

There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.

— R. C. Sproul

The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Cosmopolitanism starts from the _singular_ individual rather than the _faceless_ collective”

— Namsoon Kang

Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.

— James H. Cone

Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.

— J. I. Packer