Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We in…

Richard Rohr
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Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust and resolves every question even when it is not entirely true over the mercy and grace of God. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.56, John Wiley & Sons
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