--- title: "3 Hans Boersma Quotes" description: "Hans Boersma is a Dutch-Canadian Anglican theologian specialising in patristics, sacramental theology, and nouvelle théologie." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-hans-boersma-84594.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Hans Boersma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-hans-boersma-84594.jpg) # Hans Boersma **3** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Hans Boersma is a Dutch-Canadian Anglican theologian specialising in patristics, sacramental theology, and nouvelle théologie. ## Quotes by Hans Boersma > [“Congar then makes it clear that he believes that, according to the Christian understanding, time itself is sacramental in character: Thus the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-boersma/congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-believes-that-according-to-the/) Hans Boersma [Learning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/hans-boersma-84594_learning_congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-belie_799476.jpg) > [“Augustine's concept of time was sacramental: time participates in the eternity of God's life, and it is this participation that is able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-boersma/augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramental-time-participates-in-the/) Hans Boersma [Concept of time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concept-of-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/hans-boersma-84594_concept-of-time_augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramen_1561066.jpg) > [“The rise of modernity corresponded with the decline of an approach that regarded the created order as sacramental in character. The patristic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-boersma/the-rise-of-modernity-corresponded-with-the-decline-of-an-approach/) Hans Boersma [Modernity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/modernity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/hans-boersma-84594_psychology_the-rise-of-modernity-corresponded-with_1983771.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-boersma/#itemlist", "name": "Hans Boersma Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Congar then makes it clear that he believes that, according to the Christian understanding, time itself is sacramental in character: Thus the sacraments have a peculiar temporal duration, in which past, present and future are not mutually exclusive, as in chronological time. Sacramental time, the time of the Church, allows the sharing by men who follow each other through the centuries in an event which is historically unique and which took place at a distant time; this sharing is achieved not merely on the intellectual level, as I could commune with Plato's thought, or with the death of Socrates, but in the presence and action of the mystery of salvation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hans Boersma" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-boersma/congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-believes-that-according-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/hans-boersma-84594_learning_congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-belie_799476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/hans-boersma-84594_learning_congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-belie_799476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/hans-boersma-84594_learning_congar-then-makes-it-clear-that-he-belie_799476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Congar then makes it clear that he believes that, according to the Christian understanding, time itself is…” — Hans Boersma", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Augustine's concept of time was sacramental: time participates in the eternity of God's life, and it is this participation that is able to gather past, present, and future together into one.11”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hans Boersma" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-boersma/augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramental-time-participates-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/hans-boersma-84594_concept-of-time_augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramen_1561066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/hans-boersma-84594_concept-of-time_augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramen_1561066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/hans-boersma-84594_concept-of-time_augustine-s-concept-of-time-was-sacramen_1561066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Augustine's concept of time was sacramental: time participates in the eternity of God's life, and it is this…” — Hans Boersma", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The rise of modernity corresponded with the decline of an approach that regarded the created order as sacramental in character. 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