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While other answers show that the concept can be supported biblically, the concept that there is a void/vacuum/hole is actually a non-biblical one. "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God the Creator, made known through Jesus Christ."
- In 1670, Blaise Pascal published Pensées , which was a defense of the Christian religion. (It should be noted that this book was published after...
- This is a great question, as in the fact that trying to trace these bibical origins are hard. First, let us look at the Acts 17: 22-27 : 22 Then P...
- Perhaps the notion goes back to St. Augustine of Hippo who wrote in his Confessions : You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are re...
- The concept is biblical: John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any man is thirsty, let...
- It may have actually come from a C.S. Lewis quote in Mere Christianity: If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy,...
- Romans 1:20-23 is the Scripture passage I always think of when I hear that phrase. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—H...
- Thomas, Pascal and CS Lewis are paraphrasing Augustine. Fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te. — St Augustine,...
- There is a variant paraphrased quotation of Pascal floating all over the internet which reads: "There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every...
- While the terminology is of later advent, consideration of the following scripture reveals that this is actually a biblical concept: Or do you no...
May 2, 2011 · Blaise Pascal’s observation about the indelible God-shaped hole or vacuum within each fallen human being is justly famous. However, the larger context is less well-known, and yet I find the entire passage in Pensees to be brilliant: “ The sovereign good. Man without faith can know neither true good nor justice.
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Apr 9, 2009 · The God Shaped Vacuum Doesn’t Exist. Last Updated: June 9, 2016 by EvangelismCoach. I was doing research trying to find the source of oft quoted “God shaped vacuum” line by Blaise Pascal. I’ve used it for years, because I was always told he wrote it. Here is the closest thing I have found to it.
Feb 21, 2008 · It has variations, but goes something like this, with the key words being “God-shaped vacuum”: “There is within every man a God-shaped vacuum, an emptiness that only He can fill.” Several of you confirmed my own experience in looking for this often-quoted statement from Blaise Pascal—it just doesn’t exist.
Jun 15, 2021 · Blaise Pascal, Pensées. I have often quoted Blaise Pascal as saying that “ there is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person, and it can never be filled by any created thing. It can only be filled by God, made known through Jesus Christ. ” I believe this to be true, but it is not quite what Pascal said.
Dec 21, 2017 · After all, many have internalized the suggestions of a popular quotation commonly (and erroneously) attributed to Blaise Pascal: “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man...
