Areas Quote by Godfried Danneels

“To understand our faith -- to theologize in the Catholic tradition -- we need philosophy. We must use the philosophical language of God, person,…

— George Cardinal Pell

In my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system of rule.…

— Hans Kung

Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt…

— George Agnew Reid

Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it…

— Max Heindel

“The more rigid and exclusive one makes the border between philosophy and theology, the more that distinction itself has to fall on the side…

— Gregory B. Sadler

There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in…

— Godfried Danneels

The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good…

— Karl Lehmann

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church…

— George Eldon Ladd

In too many modern churches there is no emphasis on theology at all. There is a kind of justification by works or by keeping…

— Robertson Davies

The history of the Church has been a history of divisiveness, repression and reaction. For almost 2000 years, Christianity has held mankind back in…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries.…

— Elaine Pagels

Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.

— Tim Crane