Karl Lehmann

Karl Lehmann

Karl Lehmann (16 May 1936 – 11 March 2018) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Mainz.

Quotes

• The person does not realize himself in himself. He finds himself only by overcoming himself and is self-realized outside himself, that is going towards God and men. He can achieve happiness only indirectly through this double transcendence. In this sense, there is no need to condemn the entire process of individualism; it must be oriented towards the correctly understood Christian faith and the human personality.
  • H. Exc. Most Rev. Karl LEHMANN, Bishop of Mainz (8 October 1999) Press Office of the Holy See

• There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility. The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel. But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc.
  • The Church’s mission is to proclaim the Gospel (October 2005) 30 Days