Apostolic Quote by John Shelby Spong

They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in…

— Teresa of Avila

They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest…

— Al-Maʿarri

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride,…

— Walter Lippmann

Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they…

— John Calvin

They that deny Christ to be God, must greatly wrest, or else deny the Scripture to be the Word of God.

— Thomas Watson

We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don't believe. They think that by professing it they're doing…

— Dallas Willard

It's all that pretending to be perfect that breeds inauthenticity in the church.

— Rich Mullins

You can latch onto theological ideas that are, in fact, not accurate, and refuse to let them go. I think we've seen this a…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Apostles receive revelations from God, and consequently they are able to say 'This is what the Spirit is saying to the churches right now.'…

— C. Wagner

We are compelled, our faith urging us, to believe and to hold—and we do firmly believe and simply confess—that there is one holy Catholic…

— Pope Boniface VIII

Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His…

— Henry Blackaby