David Cornwell

“Paul describes when he says, “Such were some of you.” But for Christ, they would have been worshippers of personified Lust and Hate, and of every crime. They would have lived for “bread and circus-shows.”
― Arthur Cleveland Coxe, The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1: The Writings of the Fathers Down to 325 A.D.

“Religious experience involves an encounter with the holy, the mystery of the totally other that opens like a chasm before humans in unexpected ways, making impossible the denial of its presence.”
― Luke Timothy Johnson, Writings of New Testament 3rd Ed: Third Edition

“Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such a triumph came through the meekness of a cross.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir

“Athanasius also quotes Jesus’ words, with a strong universalistic thrust, in John 12:31–32: “Now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from earth, will drag all humans to myself” (43.20).”
― Ilaria L. E. Ramelli, A Larger Hope?, Volume 1: Universal Salvation from Christian Beginnings to Julian of Norwich