Church Quote by Irenaeus of Lyons Download Open image “The church has been planted as a paradise in this world.” — Irenaeus of Lyons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Church Church Planted Has beens Paradise Paradise World Planted Paradise Religion This world World
The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell." — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The church is called to be now what the world is called to be ultimately — John Howard Yoder Copy Share Image
The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
It's a paradise that we are going to go into, because to be in the presence of God itself will be a paradise. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“The fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough people, we’ve got… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
It's an obvious thing to say the church should be the most joyful assembly of human beings on the planet, right? Because our eternity… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
“By our life and deeds of love, we are making the Church fully present in the world today.” — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Church is a place to give rest to your soul, a place of gathering where anyone should be able to come and involved themselves… — Andrew Marin Copy Share Image
Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed from different… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God. — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience.… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition of the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . . — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Worship is not about personality, temperament, personal limitations, church background, or comfort. It is about God. — John Wimber Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
![“[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into whom he did also command them to be baptized for the remission of sins.” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d43/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_baptism_peter-testified-to-the-jews-in-acts-2-th_376225.jpg)
![“And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been instigated by satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a denial of the whole faith [by denying all physical aspects of spirituality, including…” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52f/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_aspect_and-when-we-come-to-refute-them-we-shall_392161.jpg)
![“[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but as an indication to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean by means of the sacred water and the invocation of…” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9eb/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_babe_naaman-dipped-himself-it-says-seven-time_627335.jpg)
![“He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience. On the other hand, he bound the strong one and freed the weak and bestowed salvation on his handiwork by abolishing sin. For he is our compassionate…” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68a/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_adversaries_he-jesus-fought-and-conquered-on-the-one_1409679.jpg)
![“It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth.” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd9/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_all-things_it-is-not-necessary-to-seek-the-truth-am_1540367.jpg)
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
