Ferdinand Christian Baur famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

What kind of authority can there be for an 'Apostle' who, unlike the other Apostles, had never been prepared for the Apostolic office in Jesus' own school but had only later dared to claim the Apostolic office on the basis of his own authority? The only question comes to be how the apostle Paul appears in his Epistles to be so indifferent to the historical facts of the life of Jesus....He bears himself but little like a disciple who has received the doctrines and the principles which he preaches from the Master whose name he bears.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

#Jesus #School #Names
It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

#Two #Attention #Letters
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

#Ideas #Circumstances #Interest
Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

#Philosophy #Dumb
The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

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It rests with every professor of the religion of Jesus to settle within himself to which of the two religions, that of Jesus or that of Paul, he will adhere.
-- Ferdinand Christian Baur

#Jesus #Two #Settling

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
You donâ€™t have to be part of a club to know Jesus. And you donâ€™tï»¿ have to be part of a scene to know Jesus. And you donâ€™t have to be perfect to know Jesus. You donâ€™t even have to be semi-perfect to know Jesus. You just have to be willing, and open, and honest.
If I'm not pointing people to Jesus then I'm wasting my life.
Jesus lives! the same comforting, helping, instructing, loving Elder Brother, as when John leaned on His bosom, as when He lifted Peter up from the waves, as when He dried Mary's tears with His, "Thy sins are forgiven thee." Jesus lives! the same almighty Saviour, Guide, Intercessor, as when He ascended to glory with the broken fetters of sin and death in His pierced hands.
But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.
I have little shame, no dignity â€“ all in the name of a better cause.
Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.
I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.
I loved her. I loved her with a something so fierce I couldn't even name it.

Ferdinand Christian Baur famous quotes

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