The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment for its religious wants, and the profoundest thinker inexhaustible matter of study. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“belonged to the respectable class of society, but must have been poor; for he depended for support on a trade which he learned in accordance with rabbinical custom; it was the trade of tent-making, very common in Cilicia, and not… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Luther, the hero of Worms, the champion of the sacred rights of conscience, was, in words, the most violent, but in practice, the least… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Some plant wild fig trees near cultivated fig trees, and there are others who, to remedy the weakness of the productive fig tree of… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Henceforth we find woman no longer a slave of man and tool of lust, but the pride and joy of her husband, the fond… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Paul was the only scholar among the apostles. He never displays his learning, considering it of no account as compared with the excellency of… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
One man with truth on his side is stronger than a majority in error, and will conquer in the end. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect: the other extends it… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Calvin sets the absolute sovereignty of God and the infallibility of the Bible over against the pretended sovereignty and infallibility of the pope. Fearing… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“If ever a monk got to heaven by monkery," says Luther, "I ought to have gotten there.” — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
