Divinity School Quotes

“I gave him life
He gave me the sense of
eternal life
A fair exchange, wouldn’t you say?
Anyway I loved him
but didn’t love my son being a zealot
(the water to wine piece was nice).
He was crucified—
this means
the world is
losing its
innocence at
immeasurable
speed.
He was crucified—
it hurts to say it.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“Didn’t know
a merciful attitude
usually achieves
more accurate
results
that rules have
no existence
outside of
individuals
that when we’re
judging we’re not
paying attention.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“Magdalene is a saint
because what greater suffering
than to love a holy man?”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“Should we judge Judas?
What one judges one becomes.
We are all betrayer and betrayed,
a natural consequence
of an immortal soul.
You have sold yours
many times.
Shinran the Japanese monk
ate meat and the nun Enshini
was his wife.
There is no room for the practitioner
to be concerned about
being good and bad, he said.
Is there room for the apostle?
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing, there is a field.
Meet Rumi there.
Meet Shinran there.
Meet Judas there.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“The Bible does not describe
what Christ looks like,
his face
his frown
his smile.
We just know he was
magnetic
enigmatic
free.
Let’s stop calling
Christ a saviour
because
saviours
create
victims.
And victims are never free,
just like saviours.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“The man who denied Christ started the church.
He denied Christ three times
and then, starting the church,
a fourth.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School

“Somewhere in the
darkness
there was a being
meditating on light
Let there be light he
said
and he turned into
God.”
― Elizabeth Pyjov, Divinity School