All Kenneth Scott Latourette Quotes
- As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on this… Accumulating
- Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. Christian
- Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have… Background
- Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than… Among
- Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development. Been
- Freedom was conditioned by man's physical body, heredity, and environment. Body
- In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man is… Accomplished
- Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has… Basic
- In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread. Century
- In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in… Acknowledging
- The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek… All
- It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a combination of the… Combination
- The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared… All
- That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree which… Awareness
- When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment. Been
- The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. Anthology
- Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface… Appeared
- We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy… Accuracy
- The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection. Appeal
- John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform,… Baptist
- The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the greatest… Acknowledge
- This means that to man God gave a degree of free will. Degree
- We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years - most of them within… Appearance
- Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of… Assurance