Anonymous ID: e8812c March 20, 2018, 6:43 a.m. No.731399   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1482

>>731298

Niebuhr started off as a typical liberal/socialist theologian, but later in life became a skeptic of liberal/socialist optimism about the nature of man. He is usually categorized as "neo-orthodox"โ€“a movement in modern theology that tried to reclaim the old protestant emphases on human depravity and the necessity of personal salvation through faith in Christ, while still acknowledging modern biblical scholarship's rejection of the inerrancy of the Bible.

Anonymous ID: e8812c March 20, 2018, 7:07 a.m. No.731538   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1749

>>731482

Niebuhr is among the most important mainline protestant theologians in America. And he was especially influential on politics during FDR years and after. So it makes sense Comey would want to quote him. It signals "Christianity" and also "Ivy League".