Christianity Quote by Paul Ricoeur

There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation.

— Paul Ricoeur

“Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which…

— John Paul II

“The radical hermeneutic of suspicion that characterizes all of post-modernity is essentially nihilistic, denying the very possibility of creative or healing love. In the…

— N.T. Wright

“...no theory of hermeneutic legitimation can be indeed legitimate if not by the process of hermeneutic reading… At the origin of the hermeneutic practice,…

— Umberto Eco

“The challenge for the modern Christ-follower in a secular society may be to ask prophetic questions before there is opportunity to provide Christ-oriented answers.”

— Gordon MacDonald

“The sapiential hermeneutic is a hermeneutic with a high tolerance for complexity and ambiguity. Sermons that grow out of the kind of inductive sapiential…

— David Schnasa Jacobsen

I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of questions that…

— Larry Hurtado

Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.

— Charles Spurgeon

“The question was summed up for him thus: "If I do not accept the answers Christianity gives to the problems of my life, what…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Thus, we need the Bible as the guide to enable us to transform and purify our hermeneutical principles. The circle from the Bible to…

— Peter A. Lillback

Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer.

— Beth Moore

“Christianity is a sacred path to pursue the Knowledge of Son of God, Jesus Christ.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita