--- title: "1 Christendom Quotes By William Stephens" description: "1 Christendom quotes by William Stephens. Plus more from William Stephens and more Christendom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/william-stephens-69299_deism_for-if-you-look-over-the-state-of-religi_957898.jpg" --- > [“For if you look over the State of Religion as it standeth in Christendom, there is no Church whatsoever which will accept you as a Member of its Communion, but upon some particular terms of Belief, or Practice, which Christ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stephens/for-if-you-look-over-the-state-of-religion-as-it-standeth-in/) William Stephens [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/william-stephens-69299_deism_for-if-you-look-over-the-state-of-religi_957898.jpg) ## More by William Stephens > [“Thus that Upright Judge, whose three Letters my Friend having read, did well approve of 'em, acknowledging, that with great Exactness he had distinguished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stephens/thus-that-upright-judge-whose-three-letters-my-friend-having-read-did/) William Stephens > [“I remember one Gentleman objected to the Christian Faith, that it made Men insolent, quarrelsom and ill-natur'd. From whence I concluded, (as I told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stephens/i-remember-one-gentleman-objected-to-the-christian-faith-that-it-made/) William Stephens > [“For if you look over the State of Religion as it standeth in Christendom, there is no Church whatsoever which will accept you as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stephens/for-if-you-look-over-the-state-of-religion-as-it-standeth-in/) William Stephens > [“Besides (said he) do you not observe what a keen Edge Christian Faith puts upon the ill-nature of Divines, when they are disputing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stephens/besides-said-he-do-you-not-observe-what-a-keen-edge-christian-faith/) William Stephens ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christendom/william-stephens/#itemlist", "name": "1 Christendom Quotes By William Stephens", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For if you look over the State of Religion as it standeth in Christendom, there is no Church whatsoever which will accept you as a Member of its Communion, but upon some particular terms of Belief, or Practice, which Christ never appointed, and it may be such as an honest and a wise Christian cannot consent to. 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