God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering. Hans Kung More Quotes by Hans Kung More Quotes From Hans Kung A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself. Hans Kung abandon church Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts. Hans Kung xenophobia hate moving But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel. Hans Kung space add meaningful The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul. Hans Kung theology important synthesis For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly. Hans Kung role-models roles people I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years. Hans Kung tradition years And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops. Hans Kung community understanding people However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights. Hans Kung ethics essence rights I'm not saying goodbye to life because I'm a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it's time to move on. Hans Kung time-to-move-on goodbye moving Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. Hans Kung poverty unemployment suffering Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command. Hans Kung dating church law That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites. Hans Kung favors giving way I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position. Hans Kung bigs views believe The Gospel has to be the norm. Hans Kung norm Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language. Hans Kung more language god people It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division. Hans Kung community church change success I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome. Hans Kung american rome said remember We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family. Hans Kung human convinced unity family That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. Hans Kung view age sex religion
