The Logos as Reason, Word, and Love in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger Quotes

“Faith also requires “purification” in Ratzinger’s thought.  For Ratzinger, reason allows faith to discern what is superstitious from what is true and what inconsistent with truth from what is a genuine expansion of knowledge.”
― John Lynch, The Logos as Reason, Word, and Love in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger

“Professor Ratzinger specifies that the philosophical view of God was reframed by its convergence with the biblical faith of Christianity in two ways: 1) It removed the idea that God must be totally and solely self-interested, and 2) it recognized that the divine is not limited to pure thought and thus can act in concrete ways.[cxvi]  This union between the Logos and love is another key feature of Ratzinger's theology.”
― John Lynch, The Logos as Reason, Word, and Love in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger

“Address”—Religion cut off from reason too easily becomes oppressive.”
― John Lynch, The Logos as Reason, Word, and Love in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger