Karl Rahner Quotes on God
Karl Rahner was a German Jesuit theologian and philosopher and one of the most influential Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Karl Rahner on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The Christian of the future will be a mystic, or will not exist at all.”
Christian Living Formerly and Today", Theological Investigations , Vol. 7, trans. David Bourke (New York: Herder and Herder, 1971), p. 15. -
Attributed to Karl Rahner:
“Every human being is at every moment confronted with the absolute mystery we call God.”
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“Grace is not added from above; it is the deepest inwardness of human nature.”
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Attributed to Karl Rahner:
“Theology is the patient articulation of the inarticulable.”
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“The anonymous Christian is the human being who responds to grace without naming it.”