Timothy Radcliffe Quotes (29 Quotes)


    Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.

    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.

    The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

    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.

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


    The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart.

    Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.


    Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong and that we can make peace.

    The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

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

    Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.

    To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

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

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

    We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

    At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar.


    What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans.


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

    Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.

    The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will not be until the Kingdom.

    When I left school, I became a friend for the first time of people who were not Christians, and who tried to convince me that my views were crazy.

    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.

    Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.

    I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.

    This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful.

    Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.


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