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Søren Kierkegaard on Christianity

1813–1855 Denmark

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I have never fought in such a way as to say: I am the true Christian, others are not Christians.

Make Christianity your own, and it will show you a point outside the world, and by means of this you will move heaven and earth.

Works of Love (1847)

All Christian knowing, however rigorous its form, ought to be concerned, but this concern is precisely the upbuilding.

The Sickness Unto Death (1849)

What a dangerous objection it would be against Christianity, therefore, if paganism had a definition of sin which Christianity had to acknowledge was correct.

The Sickness unto Death (1849)

I have attacked no one as not being a Christian, I have condemned no one.

When Christianity came into the world the task was simply to proclaim Christianity. The same is the case wherever Christianity is introduced into a country the religion of which is not Christianity.

Attack upon Christendom (1855)

Christian dogmatics, it seems to me, must grow out of Christ's activity, and all the more so because Christ did not establish any doctrine; he acted.

From the Christian point of view it stands firm that the truly Christian venturing requires probability. p. 101

Judge For Yourselves! 1851 (1876)

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