Herbert McCabe Quotes

• When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.

  Herbert McCabe

  Forgiving, Mind, Sin

  Herbert McCabe (2005). “God, Christ and Us”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• If you do not love, you will not be alive; if you love effectively, you will be killed.

  Herbert McCabe

  Love You, Alive, Ifs

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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.'

  Herbert McCabe

  Christian, Thinking, People

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• Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.

  Herbert McCabe

  Talking, Discipline, Nonsense

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• Poetry is language trying to become bodily experience.

  Herbert McCabe

  Trying, Language, Poetry Is

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