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 KUNGIn the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
More Hans Kung Quotes
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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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.
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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.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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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.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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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.
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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.
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We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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