Apostle Quotes
104 quotes by 77 authors
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Perfection... is clearly not achieved simply by being naked, by the lack of wealth or by the rejection of honors, unless there is also that…
— John Cassian
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The Church even now is the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him, though otherwise than…
— Saint Augustine
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A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by…
— Saint Augustine
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Can one, seeing the sun with one's sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees with its inner…
— Seraphim of Sarov
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Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life. Let us then…
— Ambrose
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... the Apostle Paul says that we are sealed in the Spirit (cf. Eph. 1:13); since we have in the Son the image of the…
— Ambrose
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You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of…
— John Climacus
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... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts…
— Ambrose
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... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make…
— Pope Leo I
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... whenever Christ, the Bridegroom of pure souls, is mystically united with each soul, He gives the Father occasion to rejoice over this as at…
— Gregory Palamas
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When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking thrust of the…
— John Cassian
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If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our sake, how will…
— Gregory Palamas
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...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the divine and heavenly…
— John Cassian
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The heavenly Father Whom we worship is the Father of the Truth, namely, of the only-begotten Son, and has the Spirit of Truth, the Holy…
— Gregory Palamas
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There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler, or an apostle, all are one;…
— William Tyndale
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Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
— J C Ryle
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Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't…
— Robert Duvall
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If the Resurrection had not occurred, why would the apostle Paul give such a list of supposed eyewitnesses? He would immediately lose all credibility with…
— Norman Geisler
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The Apostle Peter preaching on the day of Pentecost of the risen Savior, says, "God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both…
— Henry Allen Ironside
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Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.
— Jonathan Mayhew
Who Wrote These Apostle Quotes
77 authors contributed a total of 104 Apostle Quotes, led by these top contributors: