1927–2022 · Christian
Benedict XVI
“Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a Person.”
German theologian Joseph Ratzinger, pope from 2005 to 2013. A quiet scholar at heart. Wrote with unusual clarity on the reasonableness of faith, the centrality of Christ, and the encounter with God as a Person, not an idea.
Their signature question
“Is the faith you are wrestling with an idea — or a Person?”