Home » Quote » William of Ockham » „It is on account of theology alone that any assertion whatsoever should be called catholic or heretical.“ „It is on account of theology alone that any assertion whatsoever should be called catholic or heretical.“ — William of Ockham Related quotes „Purely philosophical assertions which do not pertain to theology should not be solemnly condemned or forbidden by anyone, because in connection with such [assertions] anyone at all ought to be free to say freely what pleases him.“ — William of Ockham „When it is said, that we are not justified by any righteousness or goodness of our own, what is meant is, that it is not out of respect to the excellency or goodness of any qualifications or acts in us whatsoever, that God judges it meet that this benefit of Christ should be ours; and it is not, in any wise, on account of any excellency or value that there is in faith, that it appears in the sight of God a meet thing, that he who believes should have this benefit of Christ assigned to him, but purely from the relation faith has to the person in whom this benefit is to be had, or as it unites to that mediator, in and by whom we are justified.“ — Jonathan Edwards „Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.“ — Jiddu Krishnamurti „I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.“ — Jiddu Krishnamurti
„It is on account of theology alone that any assertion whatsoever should be called catholic or heretical.“ — William of Ockham