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Quotes from The New Being — Paul Tillich

1886–1965 Germany

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Where the New Reality appears, one feels united with God, the ground and meaning of one’s existence.

The New Being (1955)

He who loves God is also able to accept life and to love it.

The New Being (1955)

Christianity is more than a religion; it is the message of a New Creation.

The New Being (1955)

No religion as such produces the New Being.

The New Being (1955)

We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.

The New Being (1955)

The New Being is not something that simply takes the place of the Old Being. But it is a renewal of the Old which has been corrupted, distorted, split and almost destroyed.

The New Being (1955)

If I were asked to sum up the Christian message for our time in two words, I would say with Paul: It is the message of a "New Creation."

The New Being (1955)

Out of disintegration and death something is born of eternal significance. That which is immersed in dissolution emerges in a New Creation. Resurrection happens now, or it does not happen at all. It happens in us and around us, in soul and history, in nature and universe.

The New Being (1955)

God's forgiveness is unconditional.

The New Being (1955)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Tillich (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.