Paul Tillich Quotes About Faith

Quotes about: Faith

• Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, Spiritual, Infinite

  Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (1999). “The Essential Tillich”, p.22, University of Chicago Press

• Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, Opposites, Doubt

• Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, States, Concerned

  1957 Dynamics of Faith.

• Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith. And each is essential for the nature of faith. Sometimes certainty conquers doubt, but it cannot eliminate doubt. The conquered of today may become the conqueror of tomorrow. Sometimes doubt conquers faith, but it still contains faith. Otherwise it would be indifference.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, Doubt, Essentials

  Paul Tillich (1958). “Dynamics of faith”

• Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It happens in the center of the personal life and includes all its elements. Faith is the most centered act of the human mind. It is not a movement of a special section or a special function of man's total being. They all are united in the act of faith.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, Personality, Mind

  "Dynamics of Faith". Book by Paul Tillich, 1957.

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