Timothy Radcliffe quotes
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“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.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : "Weekly Meditations for Healthy Sex (Nov. 30-Dec. 6)" by Alexandra Katehakis, M.F.T., www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2012.
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“I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.”
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“Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.114, A&C Black
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“Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong and that we can make peace.”
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“One of our deepest needs is to be at home.”
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“We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.”
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“To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.”
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“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.”
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“All the Abrahamic faiths are marked by violence.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “Seven Last Words”, p.85, A&C Black
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“At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.”
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“The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “Seven Last Words”, p.91, A&C Black
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“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.”
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“To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.”
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“Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not their sexual orientation.”
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“We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be formed as preachers.”
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“Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : "Busted: Timothy Radcliffe, OP". Interview with Bill McGarvey, bustedhalo.com. April 04, 2008.
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“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.”
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“The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.”
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“The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.”
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“The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart.”
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“Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : Timothy Radcliffe (2013). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.116, A&C Black
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“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.”
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“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.”
-- Timothy RadcliffeSource : Timothy Radcliffe (2005). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.114, A&C Black
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“I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.”
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“Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.”
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“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.”
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“Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.”
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“The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will not be until the Kingdom.”
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“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.”
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