quotes about Theology
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The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.
-- Albert Einstein -
There is only one theology, but there are many theologians.
-- Athenagoras I of Constantinople -
Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.
-- Bonaventure -
Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.
-- Charles Colson -
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If you meet with a system of theology which magnifies man, flee from it as far as you can.
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Art is so often better at theology than theology is.
-- Christian Wiman -
This is the purpose of theology. By it my life becomes clearer and more conscious.
-- Dorothee Solle -
all theology knowingly or not is by definition always engaged for or against the oppressed.
-- Elisabeth Schussler FiorenzaSource : Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (1984). “Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation”, Beacon Press (MA)
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Theology, like fiction, is largely autobiographical.
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The Christian Theology Reader brings the best primary sources to the theological inquirer.
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Steven Hawking is a brilliant physicist and when it comes to theology I can say he's a brilliant physicist.
-- Guy ConsolmagnoSource : "Pope's astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2010.
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Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.
-- Halldór LaxnessSource : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books
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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
-- Hans Kung -
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
-- Henry Ward Beecher -
If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.
-- J. I. Packer -
This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.
-- J. I. Packer -
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The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more child-like will be our faith
-- John Gresham Machen -
When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology
-- John Haynes HolmesSource : John Haynes Holmes “The community pulpit ...”
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It is better to lose your life than to waste it.
-- John Piper -
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Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.
-- Julia Ward Howe -
A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.
-- Karen Armstrong -
The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.
-- Karl Barth -
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There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.
-- Karl Barth -
Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics,
-- Karl Barth -
Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.
-- Kenneth Lee PikeSource : Kenneth Lee Pike (1972). “Selected writings: To commemorate the 60th birthday of Kenneth Lee Pike”
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To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.
-- Ludwig FeuerbachSource : Ludwig Feuerbach (1967). “Lectures on the essence of religion”
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Children are the greatest sufferers from outgrown theologies.
-- Luther Burbank -
Science, unlike theology, never leads to insanity.
-- Luther Burbank -
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
-- Martin Luther -
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Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire.
-- Martyn -
Don't create theology about God so that you can feel better about Him.
-- Matt Chandler -
Theology without practice is the theology of demons
-- Maximus the Confessor -
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I would say that teleology is theology, and that God is not a "because," but rather an "in order to.
-- Miguel de Unamuno -
Theology is the science of the divine lie.
-- Mikhail Bakunin -
The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together.
-- N. T. WrightSource : N. T. Wright (2014). “For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church”, p.12, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology.
-- Os Guinness -
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Theology must work itself out in the most practical relationships.
-- Oswald Chambers -
Christian theology is the grandmother of Bolshevism.
-- Oswald Spengler -
The shortest route to deeper and richer worship is a clearer theology.
-- Paul David Manson -
We are called by God to do theology, that is, to live our lives with a moment-by-moment consciousness of God.
-- Paul David Tripp -
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Theology without love simply is very bad theology.
-- Paul David Tripp -
We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.
-- R. C. SproulSource : Twitter post from Aug 26, 2017
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Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.
-- R. C. Sproul -
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We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.
-- R. C. Sproul -
God is the Truth. The Bible is the truth about the Truth. Theology is the truth about the truth about the Truth.
-- Richard Wurmbrand -
Classical theology has erred in its insistence that theology be 'God-centered,' not 'man-centered'.
-- Robert H. Schuller -
The Roman Catholic Church isn't going to change its theologies.
-- Robert H. Schuller -
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The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship.
-- Sam Storms -
I am fascinated in religion and theology and what people believe.
-- Sarah Wayne Callies -
Our theology must become biography.
-- Tim HanselSource : Tim Hansel (1989). “Holy Sweat”, W Publishing Group
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Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.
-- William Ames -
[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.
-- Oliver D. Crisp -
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For the progressive left, social activism grounded in faith and theology crested in the 1960s.
-- Mike McCurry -
Not everyone can be a theologian, but everyone should know some theology.
-- Carl E. Olson -
Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.
-- Jerry A. CoyneSource : "Quote of the Week: William James on Theology". "Why Evolution is True" blog by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. June 04, 2012.
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Theology is faith seeking understanding, but understanding is more than theoretical. If we really grasp who and where we are as disciples, we should know how to live out our faith.
-- Kevin VanhoozerSource : Source: exiledpreacher.blogspot.com
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