Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
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| Birth: | 21st June, 1892 |
| Death: | 1st June, 1971 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Editor, Professor, Theologian |
About
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Starting as a leftist minister in the 1920s indebted to theological liberalism, he shifted to Neo-Orthodox theology in the 1930s, explaining how the sin of pride created evil in the world, and created the theo-philosophical perspective known as Christian realism.
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