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Carlo Maria Martini

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“Greater familiarity of European men and women with the Sacred Scriptures leads towards that experience of burning fire in the heart which was experienced by the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The Bible read and prayed, in particular by young people, is the book of the future for the European continent.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Em. Card. Carlo Maria MARTINI, Archbishop of Milan (7 October 1999) Press Office of the Holy See
“Corriere della Sera reader: "I am an atheist, but I see beauty all around me." Cardinal Martini: "I am Catholic and you are an atheist, but ultimately we are united by the same wonder at creation.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Franca Giansoldati, Chiesa-Massoneria: un cardinale per la prima volta propone un tavolo permanente per dialogare con il Grande Oriente, Il Messaggero (February 17, 2024)
“Christ's resurrection is not a miracle. The God who through the Son assumed human nature, after his death on the cross reassumes his divine and immortal nature.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Eugenio Scalfari, Ragionando con Martini di peccato e Resurrezione, repubblica.it (May 13, 2010}
“The Bible speaks of God's infinite greatness, even of His immeasurability, of the fact that God is immensely greater than our hearts, our beings, our spirits. And so it would come as no surprise if data were to emerge about other planets being inhabited by other people; this would not affect the message of the Bible in any way.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the TV program La fede oggi, Rai 1, 1969; clip rebroadcast in the documentary Correva l'anno: Carlo Maria Martini: il cardinale del dialogo, Rai 3 (March 21, 2011)
“Gianna Beretta Molla was a precious witness of conjugal and family spirituality, an authentic path of holiness.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Renata Maderna, Gianna Beretta Nolla : il sacrificio della mamma santa, FamigliaCristiana.it (April 28, 2019)
“Television has made it clear that my neighbour has no boundaries. Even in the Gospel, the neighbour in the parable of the Good Samaritan transcends boundaries, but television has made this clear to us...”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Karl Popper, John Condry, Cattiva maestra televisione, translation into Italian by Marina Astrologo and Claudia Di Giorgio, CDE, 1996
“Halloween is a type of celebration that is foreign to our tradition but has immense value and should be continued. The cult of the dead is part of our history: it is a time when hope for eternity is born. It is a time when the Lord makes us understand that life is more than just this earthly existence.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il cardinale contro Halloween, la Repubblica (October 31, 2000)
“I personally believe that God created us man and woman and that therefore traditional moral doctrine has good reasons on this point. Of course, I am prepared to admit that in some cases good faith, lived experience, contracted habits, the unconscious and probably even a certain native inclination may lead one to choose for oneself a type of life with a same-sex partner. In today's world, such behaviour can therefore be neither demonised nor ostracised.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in https://www.corriere.it/cultura/12_marzo_23/martini-marino-credere-conoscere_40c6c1da-74eb-11e1-9cbf-6c08e5424a86.shtml Martini: il valore di un legame tra persone dello stesso sesso], Corriere.it(March 23,…
“I am also prepared to admit the value of an enduring friendship and faithfulness between two persons of the same sex. Friendship has always been held in great honour in the ancient world, perhaps more so than today, even though it was mostly understood in the context of that transcending of the purely physical sphere I mentioned above, to be a union of minds and hearts.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in https://www.corriere.it/cultura/12_marzo_23/martini-marino-credere-conoscere_40c6c1da-74eb-11e1-9cbf-6c08e5424a86.shtml Martini: il valore di un legame tra persone dello stesso sesso], Corriere.it(March 23,…
“I believe that each of us has a non-believer and a believer in us, who talk to each other inside, questioning each other, constantly sending pointed and disturbing questions back to each other. The non-believer in me disquiets the believer in me and vice versa.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Carlo Maria Martini, Carlo Maria Martini: credenti aggrappati sull'abisso, Avvenire (October 20, 2015)
“Often the language used to talk about God is stunted and feeble, sometimes awkward, sometimes generic; one easily divides into verticalists and horizontalists, traditionalists and progressives, one makes judgements that, in the light of the Gospel, are at least inadequate.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Le sorprese del linguaggio di Gesù, avvenire.it (February 28, 2011)
“Speaking of Jesus accompanies his actions and interprets them: the lordship of God is demonstrated through works and illustrated through words. [...] to authentically proclaim the Gospel it is necessary to some extent to veil it.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Le sorprese del linguaggio di Gesù, avvenire.it (February 28, 2011)
“Jesus' parable retains all its enigmatic charge, it leaves the listener with the task of understanding it, it challenges him and forces him to question himself, it involves him in the first person and engages him in the search for meaning. [...] the parables are an act of courtesy, of respect for human freedom, of condescension, almost of tenderness.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Le sorprese del linguaggio di Gesù, avvenire.it (February 28, 2011)
“A drop of the divine is in every man. We are the dissimilar leaves of a single tree. It is not for me to distinguish the better leaves. Christ said: do not judge.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Eugenio Scalfari, Ragionando con Martini di peccato e Resurrezione, repubblica.it (May 13, 2010)
“(About Saint Ignatius of Loyola) He said it himself, he sinned long and hard, to quote Luther; his conversion was total, his expiation very long, accompanied by a love of life and works, including the foundation of a Company that after 400 years is still one of the pillars of our Church.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Eugenio Scalfari, Ragionando con Martini di peccato e Resurrezione, repubblica.it (May 13, 2010)
“The rhythms of the knowledge that comes from faith are slow. That is why revelation must also be hidden, veiled. Man's freedom is unable to bear the full weight of God's revelation. Thus the parables spring from the heart of Jesus urgency of the gospel; they are spontaneous, not artificial, they spring from life itself. The parables are, in this perspective, one of the most beautiful fruits of the mystery of the Incarnation, the frontier to which language is pushed by the Son of God, so that it may be adapted to communicate the mystery of the Kingdom in respect to the concrete situation of man.”
Carlo Maria Martini (1927–2012) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Le sorprese del linguaggio di Gesù, avvenire.it (February 28, 2011)