Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of …

Paul Tillich
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Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received. ✨ Paul Tillich (1973). Systematic Theology, p.3, University of Chicago Press
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Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received. ✨ Paul Tillich (1973). Systematic Theology, p.3, University of Chicago Press

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