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Quotations where author = Niebuhr:
X (38) |
The truth as it is contained in Christian revelation includes the
cognition that it is neither possible to know the truth fully nor to
avoid the error of pretending that he does. It is recognized that
'grace' always remains in partial contradiction to 'nature' & is
not merely its fulfillment.
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X (39) |
The individual is not an end in
himself & cannot live within himself. Love is the law of his
existence.
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X (40) |
The problem of the individual & the community cannot
be solved at all if the height is not achieved where the sovereign
source & end of both individual & communal existence are
discerned; & where the limits are set against the idolatrous
selfworship of both individuals and communities.
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X (41) |
If modern churches were to symbolize their true faith, they would
take the crucifix from their altars and substitute the three little
monkeys who counsel men to 'speak no evil, hear no evil, see no
evil.'
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X (41) |
Racial pride is revealed today to be man's primary collective
sin.
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