We need not worry too much about the church's future, for God founded it and promised that he will remain with it until the end of the world.

— Johannes Dyba (1929–2000), Erzbischof

Related Bible passage: MAT.28.20

Topics: Church & Congregation, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Johannes Dyba

Johannes Dyba (1929–2000) war ein deutscher römisch-katholischer Vatikandiplomat, Erzbischof von Fulda und katholischer Militärbischof für die Bundeswehr. Bekannt wurde er als wortgewaltiger, strikt papsttreuer Konservativer, der insbesondere durch seinen kompromisslosen Einsatz für den Lebensschutz und seine polarisierende Rhetorik bundesweit Kontroversen auslöste. Bibellesern begegnet in ihm ein streitbarer Vertreter eines unnachgiebigen katholischen Traditionsverständnisses, dessen öffentliches Auftreten und bischöfliche Amtsführung bis heute kontrovers diskutiert werden.

All quotes by Johannes Dyba (4)

More on this topic

The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller

The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis

The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle

In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
Henry Ward Beecher

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.
Philip Yancey

There is no perfect church. And besides, dear friend, if you ever found a perfect church, it would refuse to take you in. For as soon as it had taken you in, it would cease to be perfect. So your search is entirely useless.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

All quotes · lumen.bible