Atrocities Quote by Jayne Meadows

“In the sixteenth century the unity of western European Christendom had been shattered by the rise of Protestantism in its various strands (Lutheran, Calvinist,…

— Jerry Z. Muller

History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith.

— Hugo Black

The religious conflicts of the Reformation era were never simply and only about religion, because religion during this era as in the Middle Ages…

— Brad Stephan Gregory

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one particular form…

— Hugo Black

If you compare the United States with Europe, my view is that what happened in Europe is that the church became deeply distrusted by…

— John Rawls

Separation of church and state in Virginia, instead of weakening Christianity, as the conservatives of the Revolution had feared, really aided it in securing…

— H. J Eckenrode

The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second World War…

— Steven Pinker

The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it was found…

— Walter Kasper

“The wars of religion that followed the Protestant Reformation caused many people to view religion as nothing more than an ideology with the potential…

— Jeremiah Vallery

We suffered a lot by mixing religion with the politics.

— Uddhav Thackeray

[H]istory showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith.

— Hugo Black