Henri de Lubac: Quotes about God

Henri de Lubac was Jesuit theologian and cardinal. Explore interesting quotes on god.

Henri de Lubac: 32 quotes0 likes

“[S]ince being is analogical, we are quite correct in using the same words, in particular the word 'being', for both God and his creatures.”

Part 1. "The Eternal Feminine", Ch. 4, p. 73
The Eternal Feminine (1968)

“We must come to see that God is not so much the cause of moral obligation or the sanction of duty as the very substance of Good. Then what we call the moral proof brings us in one leap to the true God, revealing himself as God of Charity.”

Source: Paradoxes of Faith (1987), Ch. II. "Christianity", p. 24

“The Holy Spirit that Christ promised to send […] creates in man new depths which harmonize him with the "depths of God"”

Job 11:7
Source: Catholicism (1938), Ch. XI. "Person and Society", p. 186

“The Holy Spirit that Christ promised to send to his own […] creates in man new depths which harmonize him with he "depths of God".”

Job 11:7
Source: Catholicism (1938), Ch. XI. "Person and Society", p. 186

“It becomes increasingly clear that […] the Christian's watchword can no longer be "escape" but "collaboration." He must co-operate with God and men in God's work in the world and among humanity.”

Source: Catholicism (1938), Ch. VII. "Salvation through the Church", p. 122