Jaroslav Pelikan

An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Jesus Christ is too important to be left to the theologians.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

To invoke a Kierkegaardesque figure of speech, the beauty of the language of the Bible can be like a set of dentist's…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“The apostle Paul often appears in Christian thought as the one chiefly responsible for the de-Judaization of the gospel and even for…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Tradition is the living faith of dead people to which we must add our chapter while we have the gift of life.…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add,…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“One example is the familiar parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), which in some ways might be better called the parable…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

The only alternative to tradition is bad tradition

— Jaroslav Pelikan

Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the…

— Jaroslav Pelikan