Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner, S.J., was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. He was the brother of Hugo Rahner...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth5 March 1904
CountryGermany
Karl Rahner quotes about
attainable eventually learn remain symphonies torment unfinished
In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we eventually learn that here, in this life, all symphonies remain unfinished
eerie names silence
Emptiness is only a disguise for an intimacy of God's, that God's silence, the eerie stillness, is filled by the Word without words, by Him who is above all names, by Him who is all in all. And his silence is telling us that He is here.