#religious

It is an interesting observation on today's religious climate that many people now get every bit as steamed up about insisting that 'all religions are just the same' as the older dogmaticians did about insisting on particular formulations and interpretations. The dogma that all dogmas are wrong, the monolithic insistence that all monolithic systems are to be rejected, has taken hold of the popular imagination at a level far beyond rational or logical discourse. ↗

— N.T. Wright

#religious-pluralism #secular-dogma #imagination

If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul. ↗

— Mohammad

#inspirational #religious #inspirational

As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God. ↗

— St Ambrose

#religious #inspirational

All our religion is but a false religion, and all our virtues are mere illusions and we ourselves are only hypocrites in the sight of God, if we have not that universal charity for everyone--for the good, and for the bad, for the poor and for the rich, and for all those who do us harm as much as those who do us good. ↗

— St. John Vianney

#holy #inspiration #religious #inspirational

If Christ's message could be distilled down to one line, that line would have to do with kindness and inclusiveness, not rules and divisiveness. ↗

— Roland Merullo

#inspirational

Do not misinterpret God's patience for God's permission. ↗

— Ed Witherite

#inspirational

God is good, but God is also just. ↗

— Miss Stapleton

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How tragic it will be if we don't each come to grips with our own personal potential and learn the role the Lord has in mind for us. How sad if we waste one more day with a lack of commitment and not meet the measure of our creation. ↗

— Glenn L. Pace

#potential #inspirational

They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You? ↗

— Qur'an

#philosophical-musings #qur-an #religious #inspirational

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds. ↗

— Charles H Spurgeon

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