Jürgen Moltmann Quotes

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Christian identity can be understood only as an act of identification with the crucified Christ, to the extent to which one has accepted the proclamation that in him God has identified himself with the godless and those abandoned by God.

Jürgen Moltmann

The church's final word is not 'church' but the glory of the Father and the Son in the Spirit of liberty

Jürgen Moltmann

Believing in the resurrection does not just mean assenting to a dogma and noting a historical fact. It means participating in this creative act of God's … Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing us with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesn't point to another world. It is focused on the redemption of this one.

Jürgen Moltmann

In the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and to give the godless fellowship with himself.

Jürgen Moltmann

Jürgen Moltmann

Jürgen Moltmann

Born: April 8, 1926

Died: June 3, 2024 (aged 98)

Bio: Jürgen Moltmann was a German Reformed theologian who was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen.

Known for:

The crucified God (1974)
The coming of God (1996)
The Trinity and the kingdom (1981)
The Church in the Power of the Spirit (1977)

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