Theological Quotes

189 quotes by 150 authors

St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The first reason for the preponderant influence of those Evangelicals who define themselves as advocates of Religious Right theological and political ideologies is that they… — Tony Campolo
Under the Providence of God, our means of education are the grand machinery by which the 'raw material' of human nature can be worked up… — Horace Mann
In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that… — Jim Cymbala
[Albert] Schweitzer thus carved out his own path through the first half of this century, a lonely and learned giant amidst the hordes of noisy… — N. T. Wright
Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;… — Bertrand Russell
Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable… — Ronald Knox
Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world. — Denis Diderot
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy. — David Brooks
For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers… — John Templeton
Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with… — Fulton J. Sheen
The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions-each branch of our knowledge-passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious: the… — Auguste Comte
Science, with its experiments and logic, tries to understand the order or structure of the universe. Religion, with its theological inspiration and reflection, tries to… — Charles Hard Townes
Contrary to the popular notion that only creationism relies on the supernatural, evolutionism must as well, since the probabilities of random formation of life are… — Chandra Wickramasinghe
America is the only nation in the world that is founded on creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. — Roland Allen
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing… — Lahiri Mahasaya

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