Quotes by Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702–1782) — Theologe · Pietismus · Deutschland

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger war ein deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe und Prälat im 18. Jahrhundert, der im württembergischen Pietismus wirkte. Er verband biblische Auslegung mit Naturphilosophie und Theosophie und stellte die leibliche Dimension der Schöpfung in den Mittelpunkt seines Denkens. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Vertreter einer ganzheitlichen Schöpfungstheologie, dessen Hinwendung zu spekulativer Mystik und zur Allversöhnung allerdings wiederholt kirchliche Kritik auslöste.

Era: Revival & the 19th Century

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, The Bible & the Word of God, Humility & Pride, Grace & Redemption, Wisdom & Understanding, Service & Love of Neighbour, Work & Vocation, Patience & Waiting

Quotes by Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

God needs workers on lowly things. He has enough workers on lofty things.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

I do what I can; but I wait for new strength.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

O Lord, we take offense wrongly at the confusion of the times, for you will turn it into nothing but wonders of your kingdom.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Now, Lord, teach me your ways, lead me on your path, shine for me in the dark valley! With you and with your members I want to be brothers in spirit; besides you there is no other choice.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

We trace the truth as well as we can and take the small words of Scripture as our rule.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

The blood of Christ makes all things new; but it is not within our power to explain how this will happen.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

All theology has as its goal the honor and glorification of God.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Ah, what strange power is upon us, that we have no desire for God, nor for ourselves, nor for holy Scripture, but only for vanity.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

God is the eternal, indissoluble life; creatures, on the other hand, have a dissoluble life, yet one that is indestructible at its innermost core.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Just as redemption through Jesus is the ground of salvation, so the sanctification of the Spirit is the ground of life.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

The theologian who has been introduced by Jesus Christ into the true concepts holds that in Holy Scripture there is not even a single dot without reason.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Holy Scripture is the God-inspired word, a sufficient and clear rule for instructing people in all they are to believe and do, in order to glorify God.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

The mystery of God is called a mystery because it is far removed from the kind of knowledge we can attain through mere observation.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

No one but God can search the human heart in its moral dimension, let alone in its physical or even metaphysical dimension.

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Sources: wikipedia.org, frommann-holzboog.de, yoga-vidya.de, zeitreise-bb.de

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