Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

The particular creature we love is never God’s rival. What ends in apostasy is the worship of man, the cult of humanity. Escolios a un Texto...

“To have faith in man” does not reach the level of blasphemy; it is just one more bit of stupidity. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección...

Something is modern if it is the product of an initial act of pride; something is modern if it seems to allow us to escape the human conditi...

Freedom intoxicates man as a symbol of independence from God. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 428

The two poles are the individual and God; the two antagonists are God and Man. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 427

Humanizing humanity again will not be an easy task after this long orgy of divinity. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 408

Eroticism and Gnosticism are the individual’s recourse against the anonymity of mass society. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. ...

Appetites, greed, passions, do not threaten man’s existence so long as they do not proclaim themselves rights of man, as long as they are no...

Modernism ingeniously finds a way not to present its theology directly, but rather through profane notions that imply it. It avoids announc...

Democratic atheism does not dispute the existence of God, but rather His identity. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 338

The atheist devotes himself less to proving that God does not exist than to forbidding Him to exist. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecció...

The only attribute that can without hesitation be denied man is divinity. But that sacrilegious pretension, nevertheless, is the ferment of...

Men do not proclaim themselves equals because they believe they are sons of God, but when they believe they partake of divinity. Escolios a ...

Humanity is the only totally false god. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 294

Modern history is the dialogue between two men: one who believes in God, another who believes he is a god. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Se...

Note: Most of these aphorisms about Gnosticism come from Nuevos Escolios , and can be found at this page . The importance of Gnosticism to ...