--- title: "4 Pinchas Lapide Quotes - Famous Theologian" description: "Pinchas Lapide was a Jewish theologian, historian, and diplomat. Browse 4 Pinchas Lapide quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pinchas-lapide-75700.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Pinchas Lapide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pinchas-lapide-75700.jpg) # Pinchas Lapide (1922–1997) Theologian Israel **4** quotes in **41** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Pinchas Lapide was a theologian from Israel, best known for *Jüdischer Monotheismus, christliche Trinitätslehre*. ## Quick Facts About Pinchas Lapide Born November 28, 1922 Died October 23, 1997 Nationality Israel Profession Theologian Notable works Jüdischer Monotheismus, christliche Trinitätslehre Spouse Ruth Lapide ## About Pinchas Lapide Pinchas Lapide was a Jewish theologian, historian, and diplomat. ## Awards & Honors Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ## Quotes by Pinchas Lapide > [If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinchas-lapide/if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-disciples-overnight-could/) [Pinchas Lapide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinchas-lapide/) [Deception](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deception/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/pinchas-lapide-69417_deception_if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-d_719807.jpg) > [I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinchas-lapide/i-accept-the-resurrection-of-easter-sunday-not-as-an-invention-of-the/) [Pinchas Lapide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinchas-lapide/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/pinchas-lapide-69417_accepting_i-accept-the-resurrection-of-easter-sund_848671.jpg) > [I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinchas-lapide/i-accept-the-resurrection-of-easter-sunday-not-as-an-invention-of-the-2/) [Pinchas Lapide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinchas-lapide/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/pinchas-lapide-69417_accepting_i-accept-the-resurrection-of-easter-sund_925562.jpg) > [“A man comes forth in Israel to make today's prophetic vision tomorrow's agenda; one for whom the teachings of Mount Sinai do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinchas-lapide/a-man-comes-forth-in-israel-to-make-today-s-prophetic-vision-tomorrow/) [Pinchas Lapide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinchas-lapide/) [Biblical love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biblical-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/pinchas-lapide-69417_biblical-love_a-man-comes-forth-in-israel-to-make-toda_3222072.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pinchas-lapide/#itemlist", "name": "Pinchas Lapide Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or self-deception-without a fundamental faith experience-then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection itself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pinchas Lapide" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pinchas-lapide/if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-disciples-overnight-could/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/pinchas-lapide-69417_deception_if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-d_719807.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/pinchas-lapide-69417_deception_if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-d_719807.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/pinchas-lapide-69417_deception_if-the-defeated-and-depressed-group-of-d_719807.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith…” — Pinchas Lapide", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. 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