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Sebastian Franck Quotes on God

Sebastian Franck was a German radical Reformer, spiritualist, historian, and one of the most independent voices of the early Reformation. This page collects quotes attributed to Sebastian Franck on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Sebastian Franck:

    “The true Church is invisible and embraces all who love truth.”

  • Attributed to Sebastian Franck:

    “Faith is more than the assent of the mind; it is the obedience of the heart.”

  • Attributed to Sebastian Franck:

    “The letter kills; only the Spirit gives life.”

  • Attributed to Sebastian Franck:

    “Christ is reborn in every soul that turns wholly to God.”

  • “Malaysian bishop says Pope Francis is ‘what the Holy Spirit is saying today’ (February 11, 2018)”

    We took a resolution that our churches for the next ten years were going to be creative, inclusive, and bridge-building. When that gets into your system, those three words, it doesn’t matter how other people think or feel, whoever is creating more divisions. We as church are thinking and feeling and praying that way, and therefore I feel less threatened.

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