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Hans Urs von Balthasar Quotes: The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being.
         

The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being.


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Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.



Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.

Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.



Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.



It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.



There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.



To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.



The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.



There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.



Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.



God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.





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