black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

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

Forever Life Myself Point Position
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

Achievement Consciousness Distance Earth Experience Follow History
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
HANS KUNG

Age Day Invention Thinking
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

Essence Myself Nation Religion Right
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

Nation Peace Religion
Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
HANS KUNG

Destruction Employment Family Human Myself Planet
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
HANS KUNG

Better Economics Global Humanity Order Possession
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
HANS KUNG

Conscious Economics Problem Religious Solve
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

Add Answer Focus Question Space Time Yourself
God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNG

Deep God Love Protection Suffering
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 God People Servant Understand
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
HANS KUNG

Pure Religion War
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
HANS KUNG

Aware Evil Goodness Man Religious Time Tradition Various Woman
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

Dignity Myself Person Religious Worst
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
HANS KUNG

Favor Myself Roman Way
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

End Life Move On Myself Reason

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Hans Kung Quotes