We have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come. Non enim habemus hic manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus. “St. Paul reminds that we, [Christ’s] servants, have our home in heaven …More
We have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.
Non enim habemus hic manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus.
“St. Paul reminds that we, [Christ’s] servants, have our home in heaven—or rather, if we will do full justice to St. Paul’s metaphor—have our citizenship; here on earth, all Christians are displaced persons. To this visible world which affords us, in the meanwhile, sheltered companionship, let us ever be grateful, as exiles should. But it is not the country of our dreams.”
—Ronald Knox (1888–1957), “The Festival of Britain,” Occasional Sermons, p. 300.
Non enim habemus hic manentem civitatem, sed futuram inquirimus.
“St. Paul reminds that we, [Christ’s] servants, have our home in heaven—or rather, if we will do full justice to St. Paul’s metaphor—have our citizenship; here on earth, all Christians are displaced persons. To this visible world which affords us, in the meanwhile, sheltered companionship, let us ever be grateful, as exiles should. But it is not the country of our dreams.”
—Ronald Knox (1888–1957), “The Festival of Britain,” Occasional Sermons, p. 300.