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Christian Quotes by Pope Dionysius
- ...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and ineffable…
- The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see God, to receive…
- Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand.
- Our Lord Jesus Christ made the merciful shepherding of His sheep the proof of love for Himself (cf. Jn. 21:15-17). He denounces as 'wicked' the…
- All angels bring revelations and tidings of their superiors. The first bring word of God who is their inspiration, while the others, according to where…
- The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is said to be…
- The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake of art, but…
- 'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is something more. Inspired…
- We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being…
- The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we are capable of…
- I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to…
- What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we should posit and…
- Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up…
- [God] is perfect not only insofar as He is absolute perfection, defining perfection in Himself and from His singular existence and total perfection, but also…
- ...we must all offer up a hymn of praise to the God... who is 'Lord of lords' (Deut. 10:17, Ps. 136:1, I Tim. 6:15, Rev.…
- One can take eternity and time to be predicates of God since, being the Ancient of Days, He is the cause of all time and…
- ...the title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their…
- ...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause, by knowing Itself,…
More Christian Quotes
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion… — Saint Augustine
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- I'm a Jewish born-again Christian. — Stephen Baldwin
- The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In the trinitarian… — Hans Urs von Balthasar