Albert Nolan: Likeness

Albert Nolan is South African priest and activist. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

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“There can be no doubt that Jesus was a remarkably cheerful person and that his joy, like his faith and hope, was infectious.”

Albert Nolan

Source: Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976), p. 42.
Context: There can be no doubt that Jesus was a remarkably cheerful person and that his joy, like his faith and hope, was infectious. This was in fact the most characteristic and most noticeable difference between Jesus and John. As we shall see later, Jesus feasted while John fasted (Luke 7:31-34).

Faith , Hope , Joy , Personality

“The sinners would have included those who did not pay their tithes (one tenth of their income) to the priests, and those who were negligent about the sabbath rest and about ritual cleanliness. The laws and customs on these matters were so complicated that the uneducated were quite incapable of understanding what was expected of them. Education in those days was a matter of knowing.. the law and all its ramifications. The illiterate and uneducated were inevitably lawless and immoral. The ‘am ha-arez, or uneducated peasants, ‘the rabble who know nothing of the law’ (John 7:49) were regarded by even the most enlightened Pharisees, like Hillel, as incapable of virtue and piety.”

Albert Nolan

Source: Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976), p. 23.

Education , Law , Understanding

“The kingdom of God, like any other kingdom, cannot be within a man; it is something within which a man can live.”

Albert Nolan

Source: Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976), p. 47.

God