It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
“Now I know not anything that will contribute more to the furtherance of this good work than the bringing of family religion… — Joel R. Beeke Copy Share Image
We must have a new reformation. There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized pseudo-religion which passes today for… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in the history of Christianity was neither the Crusades nor the Reformation nor the Inquisition, but rather the split… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
What distinguishes the arid ages from the period of the Reformation, when nations were moved as they had not been since Paul… — Gordon Clark Copy Share Image
Luther and the Reformation were of fundamental importance to Denmark. We Danes are still Lutherans today. We spoke about him a lot… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
The society of Christendom and especially of Western Christendom up to the explosion, which we call the Reformation, had been a society… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation. — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
“Davie's hostility to sectarianism, and to religious 'fanaticism', was perhaps part of his appeal. He acknowledged the legacy of Calvinism in his… — Robert D. Anderson Copy Share Image
Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolution have happened without pamphlets? Probably not. But neither… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
“In the hardest winter the roots are sill alive in the frozen ground.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I must honestly declare my conviction that, since the days of the Reformation, there never has been so much profession of religion… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“don't trust renewals of the human race when curias and courts speak of them.” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
How can we still speak of the salvation and reformation of Europe, when we have to ask Europe's destroyer for help? — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Of publishing a book on religion, my dear sir, I never had an idea. I should as soon think of writing for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“As William Bouwsma pointed out, the late medieval and early Renaissance crises of representation did not stall out at their skepticism of… — Lori Branch Copy Share Image
“Whatever the reason, the fact is that there was no widespread catechetical teaching for Christian children. Things were going to change. The… — Hughes Oliphant Old Copy Share Image
Pope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo the Reformation.… — Peter Slipper Copy Share Image
The discussion which was made by Luther, Melancthon, and the other persons who preceded the Reformation, opened the eyes or the public;… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
