Theology Quotes

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.

In Islamic theology, the phallic symbol is very important. Your biggest phallic symbol is New York City and your tallest building will be the phallic symbol they will hit.

All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."

Science is the true theology.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.

Romans gave Luther his theology, but it was the Psalms that gave him his thunder.

Great praxis demands great piety.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.

Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.

There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.

A theology which is not based on revelation as a given reality but treats God as an idea would be as mad as a zoology which is no longer sure of the physical, tangible existence of animals.

The people has no definite disbelief in the temples of theology. The people has a very fiery and practical disbelief in the temples of physical science.

Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.

We must learn to accept ourselves in the painful experiment of living. We must embrace the spiritual adventure of becoming human, moving through the many stages that lie between birth and death.

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

One possibility is: God is nothing but the power of the universe to organize itself.

Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?

Evil is powerful, but good is more powerful. In fact, evil is so powerful that only good has the power to overcome evil. Darkness can be driven away only by light.

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

Modern man has not only thrown away Christian theology, he has thrown away the possibility of what our forefathers had as a basis for morality and law.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

To downgrade the human mind is bad theology.

The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks to prove God's existence apart from divine revelation.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other.

The search for God begins at the point of need.

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.

Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.

Jesus never allowed His theology to get in the way of His ministry.

Worm theology is too high for me.

The moment the word 'why' crosses your lips, you are doing theology.

Academic theology is false.

Imprisoned professors taught imprisoned students free theology.

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.

The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

This is the purpose of theology. By it my life becomes clearer and more conscious.

Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received.