Divine Authority Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy -… — Annie Besant
Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a… — Bruce Barton
Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs among the lost.… — Dante Alighieri
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would… — Christopher Hitchens
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in… — Peter Singer
The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a general law or… — Saint Augustine
Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in… — Ronald Reagan
Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and… — John Stott
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part… — Orson Pratt
The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The… — Noah Webster
Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture — B. B. Warfield
Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed to him, so… — Thomas Aquinas
When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority. — Criss Jami
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both… — David A. Bednar
A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and… — Jodi Picoult
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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