Heretic Quotes

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And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though… — Saint Augustine
Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its… — Bertrand Russell
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe. — Albert Einstein
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing… — Wendell Berry
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about. — William Cowper
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged. Having submerged themselves… — Ann Althouse
"If any man thirst, let him come and drink from the rivers of living water" (cf. John 7:38). Where shall he who thirsts come? To… — Cyprian
I have never in my life encountered a religion as oppressive, cold, and stiff as Progressivism. I've never known a faith more eager to burn… — Matt Walsh
Anyone who seeks for the true causes of miracles, and strives to understand natural phenomena as an intelligent being, and not to gaze at them… — Baruch Spinoza
I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit:… — Eusebius
People knew less of each other, and so were more individual. The entire world was not for them only a push or switch away. Strangers… — John Fowles
Conformists die, but heretics live forever. — Elbert Hubbard
O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who… — Pope Pius XII
It was not Christianity which freed the slave: Christianity accepted slavery; Christian ministers defended it; Christian merchants trafficked in human flesh and blood, and drew… — Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today. — Yip Harburg
A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines,… — Frederic Farrar
Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to pursue the evil… — Martin Luther

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