Austin Farrer Quotes

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Faith begins where religious pretension ends

Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.

When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.

A climate in which belief may flourish

The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.