Authority Quote by Elaine Pagels

“Only the Jews, of all the nations under Roman rule, had won the right to separate their political obligations from religious ones, to obey…

— Elaine Pagels

“Even Tacitus admitted that “whatever their origin, [the Jews’] observances are sanctioned by their antiquity,”64 and the Romans respected tradition. Christians, however, had no…

— Elaine Pagels

There's practically no religion that I know of that sees other people in a way that affirms the others' choices. But in our century…

— Elaine Pagels

He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.

— Elaine Pagels

The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to…

— Elaine Pagels

“Jesus—for example, his categorical rejection of divorce, or his statement that “if anyone does not hate his own father and mother and wife and…

— Elaine Pagels

The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the…

— Elaine Pagels

I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage…

— Elaine Pagels

“Augustine reflects that “what made me a slave to it was the habit [consuetudo] of satisfying an insatiable lust.”31”

— Elaine Pagels

Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries.…

— Elaine Pagels

“I beseech you, my lord, why have I been endowed with the power of understanding? For I did not want to ask about heavenly…

— Elaine Pagels

“thus the story of Eden was made to reinforce the patriarchal structure”

— Elaine Pagels