Religion Quotes by Kenneth Scott Latourette

We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years - most of them…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will.

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY WAS DUE PRIMARILY TO A NEW BURST OF RELIGIOUS LIFE EMANATING FROM THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE. . . .…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette