Scripture Alone Quotes

“For a Catholic understanding of the faith there is no reason why the basic concern of Evangelical Christianity as it comes to expression in the three “only's” should have no place in the Catholic Church. Accepted as basic and ultimate formulas of Christianity, they do not have to lead a person out of the Catholic Church. . . . They can call the attention of the Catholic church again and again to the fact that grace alone and faith alone really are what saves, and that with all our maneuvering through the history of dogma and the teaching office, we Catholic Christians must find our way back to the sources again and again, back to the primary origins of Holy Scripture and all the more so of the Holy Spirit.”
― Karl Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity

“Grow out of the kindergarten of scripture, earn your admittance into the university of love.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed God's word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and live. He receives pardon through faith in the atoning sacrifice. Unlike the inert and lifeless symbol, Christ has power and virtue in Himself to heal the repenting sinner.”
― Ellen G. White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets - As Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old

“Progressive revelation does not just join parts but joins prophets together to proclaim the same message in an ever-widening and deepening way.”
― Nakhati Jon, Searching Below the Surface: A Deeper Look at Covenant and Contract

“Scripture is literature, period - nothing more, nothing less.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“Memorizing someone is not the same as cherishing someone's memories.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Literature of any kind can teach us a lot, but any text refuting scrutiny makes the skull a vacant lot.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo