Herbert McCabe Quotes
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Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.
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People who think they have no belief quite often say they want to pray but they do not know who or what they could be praying to. Aquinas would not say to such people, 'Ah, but you see, if you became a believer, a Christian, we would change all that. You would come to understand to whom you are praying.' Not at all. He would say to such people, 'If you became a Christian you would stop being surprised or ashamed of your condition. You would be happy with it. For faith would assure you that you could not know what God is until he reveals himself to us openly.'
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When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.
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If you do not love, you will not be alive; if you love effectively, you will be killed.
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Poetry is language trying to become bodily experience.
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