Quotes by Theologians

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ. Charles Hodge
Christ Church Earth Ruler Tell Must He Head His Vicar Us Successor Pope Universal
That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. Charles Hodge
Temporary Fact Historical Historical Fact Office Plain Apostolic
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other. Charles Hodge
Organization Church Power First Every Other Secondly Complete Worshipping Independent Brotherhood Executive Executive Power Principles Governing Which Theory Assembly Each Two
The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way. Charles Hodge
Government People Church Every Way Recognized Part Almost Substantive Sanctioned Apostles Right
Our opportunities to do good are our talents. Cotton Mather
Good Opportunities Our Talents
There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray. Cotton Mather
Some Know How Pray Very May Ignorant
The world ultimately is what we say it is. David Friedrich Strauss
World Say Ultimately
If God and man are in themselves one, and if religion is the human side of this unity then must this unity be made evident to man in religion, and become in him consciousness and reality. David Friedrich Strauss
God Religion Man Reality Made Become Unity Side Evident Must Him Human Themselves Then Consciousness
Theology always has moral implications, and morality is always undergirded by theology. David Novak
Moral Morality Implications Always Theology
In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles back to the land of Israel, reestablish a Torah government there, and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. David Novak
Government Rebuild Enough Back Ruler Torah Temple Brought About Powerful Messiah Israel Historical Land Reign Jerusalem Gather Jewish
The community in which one hears the voice of God structures how one hears that voice and interprets what it says. David Novak
God Community Says Structures Voice How Hears Which
Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots. David Novak
Live Although Without Branches Cannot Roots
We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question of mission seriously: either to accept it or reject it knowingly and with conviction. David Novak
Rights Seriously Conviction Jews Our Willingly Must Status Take Attendant Mission Knowingly Accept Question Duties Confirm Either Happily Who Reject
The Vatican's recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul's leadership. David Novak
Leadership State Recognition John Could Vatican Without Occurred Israel Paul
Christianity and Judaism are united above all in their common affirmation and implementation of the moral teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or 'Old Testament,' and the traditions of interpretation of that teaching. David Novak
Bible Old Interpretation Christianity Moral Above Implementation Judaism Testament Traditions Affirmation Common Hebrew Old Testament Teaching United
The rabbi is often the regular preacher in the synagogue, the man whose sermons offer his community more general theological and moral guidance. David Novak
Man Guidance Community Synagogue Moral General More His Preacher Offer Often Rabbi Regular Theological Sermons Whose
When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it. David Novak
Political Jews Emerged Most Around Opposed Modern Turn Century Twentieth Twentieth Century Orthodox
As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel at how many Jews Chabad has brought back to their primordial home. David Novak
Home Jews Back Brought Marvel Hospitality Primordial Occasions How Traditional Personally Many Jew
Even when God chose Israel, he did not create the people of Israel as he created its human members, as natural beings. Instead, God formed the people of Israel from individual human beings already living in the natural world, calling them into a new historical identity. David Novak
God Natural People World Living Members Individual Individual Human He Instead New Identity Calling Israel Historical Did Human Human Beings Formed Them Create Created Natural World Beings Even Chose
God chose us to live both in body and in soul, but the body functions for the sake of the soul more than the soul functions for the body. David Novak
God Soul Live More Both Sake Than Us Body Functions Chose
The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it. David Novak
Black Black Hole Directly Taken Look Up Itself Hole Swallowed Holocaust
If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic. David Novak
God World Language Way Torah Must Logic Given Understand Understood Same Human Then Us Human Language
Cultural synthesis is how a compromise between various opinions is worked out. But truth does not change, and truth is not arrived at by some sort of compromise. David Novak
Truth Change Truth Is Synthesis Out Some Compromise Various Between Sort Does Opinions How Arrived Cultural Worked
A fully positive relationship between Christians and Jews is one that would elide all differences. David Novak
Positive Relationship Differences Jews Would Between Fully Christians
As a practicing Jew, I have studied with Christian teachers whom I respect for who they are and what they are, including their positive concern with Jews and Judaism. David Novak
Positive Respect Christian Jews Studied Judaism Concern Practicing Teachers Who Including Whom Jew
Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked. David Novak
Naked Jews Neither Pluralistic Both Partisan Nor Square Want Which Public Us Many Christians
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