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title: "1 Christian Era Quotes By Henry F. Schaefer, III"
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> [If Jesus remained dead, how can you explain the reality of the Christian church and its phenomenal growth in the first three centuries of the Christian era? Christ's church covered the Western world by the fourth century. A religious movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/if-jesus-remained-dead-how-can-you-explain-the-reality-of-the/)

Henry F. Schaefer, III

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## More by Henry F. Schaefer, III

> [A Creator must exist. The Big Bang ripples and subsequent scientific findings are clearly pointing to an ex nihilo creation consistent with the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/a-creator-must-exist-the-big-bang-ripples-and-subsequent-scientific/)

Henry F. Schaefer, III

> [If Jesus remained dead, how can you explain the reality of the Christian church and its phenomenal growth in the first three centuries of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/if-jesus-remained-dead-how-can-you-explain-the-reality-of-the/)

Henry F. Schaefer, III

> [It is relatively unusual that a physical scientist is truly an atheist. Why is this true? Some point to the anthropic constraints, the remarkable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/it-is-relatively-unusual-that-a-physical-scientist-is-truly-an/)

Henry F. Schaefer, III

> [The significance and joy in my science comes in those occasional moments of discovering something new and saying to myself, 'So that's how God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/the-significance-and-joy-in-my-science-comes-in-those-occasional/)

Henry F. Schaefer, III

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