Timothy Radcliffe is a famous Clergyman from England.
Our collection contains 25 quotes who is written / told by Timothy.
25 Famous quotes by Timothy Radcliffe
"To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness"
"Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger"
"Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ"
"Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty"
"What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans"
"To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility"
"The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all"
"At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar"
"We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves"
"This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful"
"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God"
"Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance"
"We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do"
"The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth"
"All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence"
"One of our deepest needs is to be at home"
"I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims"
"Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church"
"Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists"
"The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity"
"Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments"
"Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason"
"Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation"
"The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods"
"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth"
