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Small: Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason
Thomas Aquinas
"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
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Small: Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ
"Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ"
John Calvin, Theologian
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Small: If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song
Paul Tillich
"If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song"
Paul Tillich, Theologian
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Small: It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation
"It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it"
Ronald Knox, Theologian
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Small: That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites
"That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites"
Hans Kung, Theologian
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Small: At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bas
"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil"
Hans Kung, Theologian
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Small: The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemys temptations
John Wycliffe
"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations"
John Wycliffe, Theologian
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Small: In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God,
John Wycliffe
"In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis"
John Wycliffe, Theologian
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Small: If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives
"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives"
Bishop Robert South, Theologian
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Small: Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as
"Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal"
Bishop Robert South, Theologian
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Small: By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heav
"By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb"
John Pearson, Theologian
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Small: I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it
"I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it"
Arthur Hertzberg, Theologian
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Small: In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude
"In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude"
Thomas Erskine, Theologian
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Small: Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace
"Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace"
Karl Barth, Theologian
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Small: Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German bibli
"Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it"
John Gresham Machen, Theologian
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Small: Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory
"Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory"
Frederick William Faber, Theologian
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Small: When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your ca
"When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith"
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian
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Small: He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of l
"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love"
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Theologian
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Small: It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves"
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian
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Small: Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot ga
"Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside"
Johannes Tauler, Theologian
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Small: Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never
"Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never"
Theodore Parker, Theologian
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Small: Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us
"Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us"
Huston Smith, Theologian
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Small: Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this
"Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling"
Friedrich Schleiermacher, Theologian
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Small: Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God
"Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God"
Karl Rahner, Theologian
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Small: When a man is at his wits end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with
"When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality"
Oswald Chambers, Theologian
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Small: The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it reall
Albert Schweitzer
"The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
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Small: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve
Albert Schweitzer
"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
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Small: In everyones life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with ano
Albert Schweitzer
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
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Small: The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great cala
Albert Schweitzer
"The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
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Small: The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up
Albert Schweitzer
"The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
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