Crucifixion Quotes
85 quotes by 71 authors
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The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.
— Deepak Chopra
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As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Jesus Christ's claim of divinity is the most serious claim anyone ever made. Everything about Christianity hinges on His carnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. That's what…
— Luis Palau
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We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That…
— Phillips Brooks
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So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to…
— Phillips Brooks
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We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That…
— Phillips Brooks
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What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?
— Emile M. Cioran
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The resurrection is the keystone of the arch on which our faith is supported. If Christ has not risen, we must impeach all those witnesses…
— Dwight L. Moody
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The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of…
— John Joseph O'Connor
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By a beautiful paradox of Divine love, God makes His Cross the very means of our salvation and our life. We have slain Him; we…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and…
— Mary McCarthy
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Jesus' death by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate is as sure as anything historical can ever be. For if no follower of Jesus had written anything…
— John Dominic Crossan
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Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing…
— Wendell Berry
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The utter failure came at the Crucifixion in the tragic words, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' If you want to understand…
— Carl Jung
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Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself,…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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It is the crucifixion that distinguishes the new message from the mythologies of all other peoples.
— Martin Hengel
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Because no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this…
— Simone Weil
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A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That is, without the…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.
— C.S. Lewis
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The Jews' guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus consigned them to perpetual servitude, and, like Cain, they are to be wanderers and fugitives. The Jews…
— Pope Innocent III
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