--- title: "7 Christian Era Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Christian Era quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Christian Era sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/barbara-mertz-15249_born_i-never-meant-to-marry-in-my-opinion-a-w_200148.jpg" --- > [I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mertz/i-never-meant-to-marry-in-my-opinion-a-woman-born-in-the-last-half-of/) [Barbara Mertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mertz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/barbara-mertz-15249_born_i-never-meant-to-marry-in-my-opinion-a-w_200148.jpg) > [Just because we live in a Christian era doesn't mean we're all Christian, necessarily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/just-because-we-live-in-a-christian-era-doesn-t-mean-we-re-all/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/oliver-stone-1812_christian_just-because-we-live-in-a-christian-era_440723.jpg) > [Mr. Cruncher... always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-cruncher-always-spoke-of-the-year-of-our-lord-as-anna-dominoes/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/charles-dickens-34_anna_mr-cruncher-always-spoke-of-the-year-of_515569.jpg) > [In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/in-the-second-century-of-the-christian-era-the-empire-of-rome/) [Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/edward-gibbon-710_advantage_in-the-second-century-of-the-christian-e_676008.jpg) > [“The temples had been deserted and the venerable liturgies forgotten. But this was only one of the ebb-tides in the ever-moving sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hodges/the-temples-had-been-deserted-and-the-venerable-liturgies-forgotten/) [George Hodges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hodges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/george-hodges-84049_human-life_the-temples-had-been-deserted-and-the-ve_809902.jpg) > [If Jesus remained dead, how can you explain the reality of the Christian church and its phenomenal growth in the first three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/if-jesus-remained-dead-how-can-you-explain-the-reality-of-the/) [Henry F. Schaefer, III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-f-schaefer-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/henry-f-schaefer-iii-71007_accomplished_if-jesus-remained-dead-how-can-you-expla_1300945.png) > [What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/what-havoc-has-been-made-of-books-through-every-century-of-the-2/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-adams-529_books_what-havoc-has-been-made-of-books-throug_1893150.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-era/#itemlist", "name": "Christian Era Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never meant to marry. 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