Reformation Quotes

89 Reformation quotes by 75 unique authors

Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return. — Hector Hugh Munro
My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior -- BEFORE the Reformation. — John Waters
For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed… — James Branch Cabell
We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in… — Francis Schaeffer
Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the… — Thomas Jefferson
They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded. — Charles Robert Maturin
God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. — William Wilberforce
I must begin by telling you that I do not like to preach on Reformation Sunday. Actually, I have to put it more strongly than… — Stanley Hauerwas
Reformation names the disunity in which we currently stand. We who remain in the Protestant tradition want to say that Reformation was a success. — Stanley Hauerwas
I am not sure I can make clear what it means to say I come from the Catholic side of Protestantism, but at the very… — Stanley Hauerwas
Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolution have happened without pamphlets? Probably not. But neither printing presses nor… — Rebecca MacKinnon
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out… — Stephen Cohen
The irrefutable fact is that Christianity gave birth to modern science. The scientific revolution began with the Protestant Reformation and the Bible played a vital… — Glen Rambharack
But human nature is not to be totally changed even by such a force as the Reformation. — Unknown Author

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