Contradiction Quote by Paul Ricoeur

“Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death.” quote by Paul Ricoeur — Download Open image

“Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death.”

Paul Ricoeur

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