The great Christian revolutions came not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when someone takes radically something that was always there.
H. Richard NiebuhrChristendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.
H. Richard NiebuhrApart from the resurrection of Jesus, the eschatological orientation of the church appears as the spoke of a wheel without a hub.
H. Richard Niebuhr