Jaroslav Pelikan Quotes

If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters.

Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

Jesus Christ is too important to be left to the theologians.

The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school.

The only alternative to tradition is bad tradition

Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name.