Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about Hans Urs von Balthasar
Hans Urs von Balthasar Quotes
26 Sourced Quotes
Source
Report...
What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other.
Hans Urs von Balthasar
1
2
Quote of the day
Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Born:
August 12, 1905
Died:
June 26, 1988
(aged 82)
Bio:
Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who was to be created a cardinal of the Catholic Church but died before the ceremony. He is considered one of the most important Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.
Known for:
Theo-drama (1988)
Love Alone is Credible
Dare we hope (1988)
A theology of history (1963)
Cosmic liturgy
Most used words:
god
love
christian
order
divine
human
spirit
beauty
easter
find
unity
holy
response
time
Hans Urs von Balthasar on Wikipedia
Suggest an edit or a new quote
Swedish Theologian Quotes
Theologian Quotes
20th-century Theologian Quotes
Related People
Adrienne von Speyr
Swiss Mystic
Henri de Lubac
French Theologian
Karl Barth
Swiss Theologian
Karl Rahner
German Theologian
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes