Denys Turner: Oh dear, where is that in Acts? I can't quite remember...but I'm a Catholic; I don't actually read the Bible.
(On Liturgy in the Pseudo Denys)
Denys Turner: ...Smells, Bells and the Lot...
Denys Turner: In the YEAR OF OUR LORD 500--and stuff the political correctness.
(On a 1960s Scouse translation of the Bible)
Denys Turner: At one point you have Jesus nattering to Nicodemus....
Overheard In: Medieval Theology
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Denys Turner: Oh stop looking so amazed; the next time I chatter on for an hour, kick me in the shins and tell me to shut up.
Denys Turner: Is there a Book of Mary? I always felt that reading the Gnostics was bad for one's soul.
Denys Turner: Well PCs are basically Protestants and Catholics aren't they? Now we have ones which we rely on icons to operate--so Protestants are basically using Catholic computers since theirs aren't good enough--because, before, we had 'Protestant' ones where you had to type the commands; you really did have to rely only on 'the Word....'
Overheard In: Medieval Preaching
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“In our engagement with the scriptural text, we can legitimately say from time to time, ‘No, my dear brother, you are on this point mistaken!’”
--Harold W. Attridge
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