Incarnation Quotes

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The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process. — Arthur Middleton
Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular merit or excellence in humanity. But of course it implies just the reverse: a particular… — C.S. Lewis
The Christian "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation,… — C.S. Lewis
If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative but to conceive… — Josef Pieper
The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible. — Simone Weil
We encourage people to believe that there is only one identity, one role, one way for them to be, one value for them to fulfill,… — Sidney Jourard
When a pastor continually makes light of the character of our Lord by speaking in scatological tones about the Son of Man's bodily functions in… — Steve Camp
Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most… — Jeremy Begbie
Consciousness is endless, from one incarnation to the next. It simply will and does manifest in other places and times, regardless of what becomes of… — Zeena Schreck
The true makes of history are the spiritual men whom the world knew not, the unregarded agents of the creative action of the Spirit. The… — Christopher Dawson
You are worthy of love and you deserve to be happy. You have these beautiful qualities and many more because you are living the gift… — David Simon
Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence. — John of Damascus
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the… — Swami Vivekananda
Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if they cannot look… — John Owen
Painting is a form of incarnation. It is spirit made manifest in the world. — Jeffrey Smart
Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new… — Thomas Merton
It is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the most profound unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. God became… — J I Packer
Forgiveness is the reason for the crucifixion, and the crucifixion is the reason for the Incarnation. — Peter Kreeft
What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself — R C Sproul
Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God. — Laurence Olivier

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