Author: Timothy Radcliffe

Quotes

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.

- Timothy Radcliffe

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.

- Timothy Radcliffe

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.

- Timothy Radcliffe

One of our deepest needs is to be at home.

One of our deepest needs is to be at home.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

- Timothy Radcliffe

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.

- Timothy Radcliffe

Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.

Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.

- Timothy Radcliffe

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

- Timothy Radcliffe

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