Top 343 Theological Quotes & Sayings

I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

I believe in God, but not in any rational or theological scope.

The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be sinners. We could make something else responsible...The theological question does not arise about the origin of evil but about the real overcoming of evil on the Cross; it ask for the forgiveness of guilt, for the reconciliation of the fallen world

Because we are the handiwork of God, it follows that all our problems and their solutions are theological.

We're one of the only bands that get censored for theological commentary.

In deciding among theological views, one should be something of a consequentialist: the choice of one theological position over another should be, if not actually determined, at least heavily conditioned by the fact that it implies a better ethical outcome than the alternatives.

The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room.

I would say that it's probably impossible for a lot of people to even think what H.P. Lovecraft's theological state was.

People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.

Thus, a vision of the whole gradually grew for me that was nourished by the various experiences and realizations I had encountered along my theological path. I rejoiced to be able to say something of my own, something new and yet completely within the faith of the Church. The feeling of aquiring a theological vision that was ever more clearly my own was the most wonderful experience of those years.

No statement, theological or otherwise, should be made that would not be credible in the presence of burning children.

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery.

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.

Evangelicalism as a movement is rushing headlong toward theological ambiguity, which is another way of saying apostasy.

Atheism is too theological.

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

People say human nature is a very vague expression, people tend to say human nature is corruptible anyway and it comes from a theological point of view, goes back to the Garden of Eden, that there is always this corrupt gene waiting to be activated that we inherited from the very beginning. I don't believe in that theological excuse.

Sex is an aspect of human existence that has fallen prey in special measure to a very special form of theological science: the theological outgrowth or offshoot known as moral theology. Its biblical foundations are meager in the sense that nothing of the kind exists in the New Testament, so it has had to achieve its ambition largely by dint of its own efforts.

We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . . the 'iconization' of the life of Jesus: 'This is a Jesus of hieratic, stereotyped gestures, all representing theological themes. In this way, the life of Jesus is no longer a human life, submerged in history, but a theological life -- an icon.

This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.

A theological time bomb, set to go off with dramatic consequences.

I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?

The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.

I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.

A checkbook is a theological document, it will tell you who and what you worship.

No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny.

The people that usually have the most trouble with my books are the ones that pick them apart from a theological point of view.

Theological anthropology is a lot simpler when humans are the only ones with souls.

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

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Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

The contraction of theological influence has been at once the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance.

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.

Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.

Biblically sound, faithful, and intellectually satisfying theology that will . . . cure many current theological concerns.

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go.

I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection. Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.

You get into theological education and you're busy marking papers and getting into administration in raising funds and doing all the things that are part of life, but here we were talking about important theological, historical, gospel related, biblically centered things hour after hour after hour.

I became intimately acquainted with the Bible only as a theological student.

Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.

Exposure to false doctrine places a person at risk not just for theological errors but for moral failure.

I don't think I could write a novel that wasn't theological.

Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.

Doctrine is to be the balm of a healing experience of God, not a theological scalpel to wound and exclude people.

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.

I'm too intellectual. I don't think that the theological vocabulary is as important as the experience.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.

You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with the faith you inherited from your parents or constructed earlier in your life. As you sort through your dogma and doctrine, you’ve found yourself praying less, less thrilled about worship, scripture, or church attendance. You’ve been so focused on sorting and purging your theological theories that you’ve lost track of the spiritual practices that sustain an actual relationship with God. You may even wonder if such a thing is possible for someone like you.

The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.

I would never accept the recommendation of the theological faculty.

[Recent evidence regarding quantum mechanics is] sufficient to rule out all theological options but one - the Bible's.