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An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.

~Pope Benedict Xvi

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In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others.

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Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.

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The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament.

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I would designate as science fiction in the best sense: they are visions and anticipations by which we seek to attain a true knowledge, but, in fact, they are only imaginations whereby we seek to draw near to the reality.

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God does not become more divine when we push him away from us in a sheer, impenetrable voluntarism; rather, the truly divine God is the God who has revealed himself as logos and, as logos, has acted and continues to act lovingly on our behalf.

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Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.

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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

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We need Grace and forgiveness.

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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Clergyman

Born: April 16th, 1927

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