Helmut Thielicke:

“[Theology] can be sacred theology or diabolical theology.  That depends on the hands and hearts which further it.  But which of the two it is cannot necessarily be seen by the fact that in one case it is orthodox and in the other heretical.  I don’t believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas.  He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection.  Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.”

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