The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul. Hans Kung More Quotes by Hans Kung More Quotes From Hans Kung God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering. Hans Kung religious suffering god All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved. Hans Kung society community historical There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions. Hans Kung nations dialogue In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all. Hans Kung thought-provoking lasts humanity If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and Cardinal O'Connor base the exclusion of women priests on the idea that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, there were only male disciples, etc. They are defending a patriarchal Church with a patriarchal God. We must fight the patriarchal misunderstanding of God. Hans Kung fighting father jesus I am firmly convinced that there is life after death, not in a primitive sense but as the entry of my completely finite person into God's infinity, as a transition into another reality beyond the dimension of space and time that pure reason can neither affirm nor deny. Hans Kung transition space reality Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell. Hans Kung purpose warning believe As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions. Hans Kung deficiency matter facts Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order. Hans Kung humanity spiritual order There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions. Hans Kung world-religions diversity brotherhood It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain. Hans Kung intriguing certain uncertain Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. Hans Kung often-is goal war In my view, the Catholic Church as a community of faith will be preserved, but only if it abandons the Roman system of rule. We managed to get by without this absolutist system for 1,000 years. The problems began in the 11th century, when the popes asserted their claim to absolute control over the Church. Hans Kung community views years Even apart from the image of a truly merciless God that contradicts everything we can assume from what Jesus says about the Either of the lost, can we be surprised at a time when retributive punishments without an opportunity of probation are being increasingly abandoned in education and penal justice, that the idea not only of a lifelong, but even eternal punishment of body and soul, seems to many people absolutely monstrous. Hans Kung punishment opportunity jesus We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth. Hans Kung political problem earth In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what "decreed" means. Hans Kung guarantees-that events mean We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today. Hans Kung age today thinking A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected. Hans Kung protected humans persons If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors. Hans Kung wife temptation children After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history. Hans Kung humanity war two
