"Being holy . . . does not mean……" — William Stringfellow
"Being holy . . . does not mean being perfect but being whole; it does not mean being exceptionally religious or being religious at all; it means being liberated from religiosity and religious pietism of any sort; it does not mean being morally better, it meas being exemplary; it does not mean being godly, but rather being truly human."
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William Stringfellow
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9 Quotes by William Stringfellow
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Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin.
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The practice of the Christian life consists of the discernment of (the seeing and hearing), and the reliance upon (the…
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The biblical lifestyle is always a witness of resistance to the status quo in politics, economics, and all society. It…
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The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America.
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Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint,…
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The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell.
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Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most plainly evidenced in the popular belief that money itself has value and…
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Biocides, for example, are designed to kill bacteria—it's not a benign material.
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