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“The scientific and societal achievements of the modern age are undisputable. But after the French Revolution, modernity increasingly emancipated itself from Christian roots, thereby becoming rootless itself.”

Quote by Walter Kasper

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Walter Kasper is a German theologian born on March 5, 1933. His research areas include church, theology, and ethics. more

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