Quotes from Karl Rahner
The Word is, by definition, immanent in the divinity and active in the world, and as such the Father's revelation. A revelation of the Father without the Logos and his incarnation would be like speaking without words.
— Karl Rahner
If we have been given the vocation and grace to die with Christ then the everyday and banal occurrence which we call human death has been elevated to a place among God's mysteries.
— Karl Rahner
The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim Him with their mouths and deny Him with their actions is what an unbelieving world finds unbelievable.
— Karl Rahner
Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!
— Karl Rahner
What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body' means this is myself.
— Karl Rahner
In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we eventually learn that here, in this life, all symphonies remain unfinished.
— Karl Rahner
Love alone allows man to forget himself... it alone can still redeem even the darkest hours of the past since it alone finds the courage to believe in the mercy of the holy God.
— Karl Rahner
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
— Karl Rahner
Knowing God is more important than knowing about God.
— Karl Rahner
When man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying.
— Karl Rahner
Grace can and does have a history.
— Karl Rahner
The task of the theologian is to explain everything through God, and to explain God as unexplainable.
— Karl Rahner