Quotes About Theology

the tight trousers that bulged offensively in the crotch in violation of all rules of theology and geometry.

The outfit was acceptable by any theological and geometrical standards, however abstruse, and suggested a rich inner life.

Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul.

What I want is a good, strong monarchy with a tasteful and decent king who has some knowledge of theology and geometry and to cultivate a Rich Inner Life.

As the Hopkins medical school was opening, American theological schools enjoyed endowments of $18 million, while medical school endowments totaled $500,000. The difference in financial support as well as educational systems largely explained why Europeans had achieved the bulk of medical advances.

So oft in theologic wars, / The disputants, I ween, / Rail on in utter ignorance / Of what each other mean, / And prate about an Elephant / Not one of them has seen.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.

Scholasticism, a concept which does not bear criticism, is a theological concept specifically designed to sustain faith in the immortality of the soul.

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.

Faith is the only thing that will ever close the gap between our theology and our reality.

Intelligent design is consistent with any faith system I can think of, because most faith systems believe that there is a creator.

In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

Faith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology.

Reason and faith are both banks of the same river.

No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and express terms, than Arminius has done.

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

The basic principle is that there is a First Being who brought every existing thing into being, for if it be supposed that he did not exist, then nothing else could possibly exist.

To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ Who is our life.

Particularmente mediante su participación en la teología de la liberación, los jesuitas habían contribuido de manera decisiva al alejamiento del catolicismo sudamericano y filipino de su aceptación sumisa de la autoridad tradicional, para fomentar movimientos guerrilleros armados y actividades políticas militantes. El antipapismo era ahora una característica jesuítica.

The point is, could God pass an examination in Theology?

Es ist eine seltsame Tatsache, daß gerade Christen und Theologen ihre Arbeit oft für so wichtig und dringlich halten, daß sie sich darin durch nichts unterbrechen lassen wollen. Sie meinen damit einen Dienst zu tun, und verachten dabei den ›krummen und doch geraden Weg‹ Gottes.

The Patristic school is notable for its emphasis upon the supremacy of man throughout the universe.

Science and theology are two ends of a single truth, but the world will never receive the full benefit of their investigations until they have made peace with each other and labor hand in hand for the great work-the liberation of spirit and intelligence from the three-dimensional prison of ignorance, superstition and fear.