Timothy Radcliffe

“Orthodoxy is the wide open field within which successful breeding can take place. If one maintains that Jesus was an eater of…

— Timothy Radcliffe

Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but…

— Timothy Radcliffe

We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we…

— Timothy Radcliffe

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

— Timothy Radcliffe

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not…

— Timothy Radcliffe

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

— Timothy Radcliffe

All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.

— Timothy Radcliffe

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

— Timothy Radcliffe

The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear…

— Timothy Radcliffe

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.

— Timothy Radcliffe

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.

— Timothy Radcliffe

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no…

— Timothy Radcliffe

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human…

— Timothy Radcliffe

We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves.

— Timothy Radcliffe

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.

— Timothy Radcliffe

The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will…

— Timothy Radcliffe

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe…

— Timothy Radcliffe

One of our deepest needs is to be at home.

— Timothy Radcliffe

Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong…

— Timothy Radcliffe

What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over…

— Timothy Radcliffe