Bible Quote by Dava Sobel

“In my mortal life, I saw mainly those texts that the church sanctioned--the gospels and the Orthodox commentary on them, for example. These works…

— Elizabeth Kostova

“Galileo got into trouble because he maintained that since the new discoveries seemed to contradict scripture, those passages of scripture should be reinterpreted in…

— Michael Coren

“That we shall, in like manner, without respect of persons endeavour the extirpation of Popery, Prelacy, (that is, church-government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors,…

— Various

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

— Irving Babbitt

Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“Wherever the Reformation took hold the Bible replaced the Pope as the final spiritual authority.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“By the presence of the Papacy, mind, conscience, heart, were blasted; while ignorance, superstition, iniquity, increased and prevailed.”

— Various

“In the West, the great problem that was created for Christianity from the 17th century onward and even earlier during the Renaissance was that…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

It took the Church until 1832 to remove Galileo 's work from its list of books which Catholics were forbidden to read at the…

— Carl Sagan

My message to the Pope would be, don't take sides on the science. Don't make the same mistake as seven out of 10 judges…

— Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this…

— William Tyndale

“Father of Mercies, teach me to hold all earthly things lightly and to fix my mind on a realm where Your grace will never…

— Guideposts