Bigs Quote by Ben Mendelsohn

“Classical education was only half the old system of European education--below it and above it there was the religious education that was common to…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

I can't believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.

— Billy Connolly

“The view implicit in my education was that the basic narrative of Christianity had long been exposed as a myth, and that opinion was…

— Evelyn Waugh

Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they assigned that…

— Marcus Borg

Christianity possesses the great advantage over Judaism of being represented as coming from the mouth of the first Teacher not as a statutory but…

— Immanuel Kant

I'm interested in the history of ideas and how these ideas take on flesh and influence culture, and the church.

— Kevin Vanhoozer

The introduction of the Christian religion into the world has produced an incalculable change in history. There had previously been only a history of…

— Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave, debase, and…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

— Erwin W. Lutzer

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

“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, — all except…

— Virchand Gandhi

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their…

— Arthur Schopenhauer