Saturday, July 13, 2013

"Gertrude's religious instruction has led me to reread the Gospels with a fresh eye.  It seems to me more and more that many of the notions that constitute our Christian faith originate not from Christ's own words but from St. Paul's commentaries."
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"I search the Gospels, I search in vain for commands, threats, prohibitions...All of these come from St. Paul."

-The Pastoral Symphony, Andre Gide.