Бенедикт XVI цитаты

„Действительно, никто никогда не видел Бога таким, каким Он есть. И, тем не менее, Бог не является для нас полностью невидимым, Он не остается для нас просто недоступным. Бог первым возлюбил нас…“

„Любовь охватывает все существование в каждом из его измерений, включая измерение времени. Это не могло бы быть иначе, поскольку ее обещание нацелено на определенность: любовь стремится к вечности.“

„Если целибат не будет обязательным для всех священников, а будет зависеть от персонального выбора, он потеряет свою теологическую сущность. Его значимость исчезнет, и он будет рассматриваться как обыкновенное чудачество.“

Источник: Немецкие теологи и политики потребовали отмены целибата http://lenta.ru/articles/2011/02/07/zoelibat/, Lenta.ru (8 февраля 2011).

„Его музыка безусловно не просто развлечение, в ней звучит вся трагедия человеческого бытия.“

О Моцарте

„Мы уверовали в любовь Бога – так христианин может выразить основополагающее решение своей жизни.“

„Христианство прошлого сегодня нередко упрекают за то, что оно было противником телесности; действительно, тенденции подобного рода были всегда. Но и чрезмерное восхваление тела, свидетелями которого мы сегодня являемся, обманчиво.“

„Энциклика верховного Понтифика Бенедикта XVI епископам пресвитерам и диаконам монашествующим и всем верным мирянам о христианской любви].“

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„It is true that the Muslim world is not totally mistaken when it reproaches the West of Christian tradition of moral decadence and the manipulation of human life. … Islam has also had moments of great splendor and decadence in the course of its history.“

from "Ratzinger denies Christianity 'superior' to Islam," Zenit.org via Catholic News, March 6, 2002
2002

„Life is not governed by chance; it is not random. Your very existence has been willed by God, blessed and given a purpose! Life is not just a succession of events or experiences. It is a search for the true, the good and the beautiful. It is to this end that we make our choices; it is for this that we exercise our freedom; it is in this - in truth, in goodness, and in beauty - that we find happiness and joy.“

2008, Papal Welcome (17 July 2008)

„In and of itself, the market is not, and must not become, the place where the strong subdue the weak.“

2009, Cartias in Vertitate (29 June 2009)

„You are called to exercise the Spirit's gifts amidst the ups and downs of your daily life. Let your faith mature through your studies, work, sports, music and art. Let it be sustained by prayer and nurtured by the sacraments.“

2008, Youth Day Vigil (19 July 2008)

„[The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.“

Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops Priests and Deacons Men and Women Religious and All the Lay Faithful On Christian Hope, 30 November 2007
2007

„Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring. The Holy Spirit offers our world love that dispels uncertainty; love that overcomes the fear of betrayal; love that carries eternity within; the true love that draws us into a unity that abides!“

2008, Youth Day Vigil (19 July 2008)

„When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why, in the final analysis, worship and law cannot be completely separated from each other. God has a right to a response from man, to man himself, and where that right of God totally disappears, the order of law among men is dissolved, because there is no cornerstone to keep the whole structure together.“

2000, The Spirit of the Liturgy (2000)

„We can be sure our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father's house, that he sees us and blesses us. Yes, bless us, Holy Father. We entrust your dear soul to the Mother of God, your Mother, who guided you each day and who will now guide you to the glory of her son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time (full) of joyful hope and profound gratitude.“

Homily during the Requiem Mass of the funeral of [Pope John Paul II], on April 8, 2005
2005

„"There is more joy in giving than in receiving." Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.“

2008, Closing Mass (19 July 2008)

„Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age, messengers of his love, drawing people to the Father and building a future of hope for all humanity.“

2008, Closing Mass (19 July 2008)

„Certainly, the contradiction of tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied. However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?“

" Meeting with Muslim religious leaders, members of the diplomatic corps and rectors of universities in Jordan http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2009/may/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20090509_capi-musulmani_en.html" (9 May 2009)
2009

„In the hour of its greatest success, Europe seems to have become empty inside, paralyzed by a life-threatening crisis to its health and dependent on transplants.“