Quote by Jonathan Kirsch

“Actually, the biggest danger to the Christian church does not come from the persecution without, but from heresy within.”

— David Robertson

“Heresy no longer existed within religion; it was founded in the state.”

— Reinhart Koselleck

“Church father Ignatius said that if our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, and the hungry, then we are…

— Shane Claiborne

"Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime," implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own belief instead…

— Robert M. Price

“And yet, the fact that we are no longer killing people for heresy in the West suggests that bad ideas, however sacred, cannot survive…

— Sam Harris

“Heresy: Changing the context of the Word, twisting Scripture in order to control and dominate people by intimidating them, using the Word to obtain…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics…

— R. C. Sproul

“Christianity is the heresy of heresies, the underlying cause of the weakness, lethargy, sickness, and failure of the modern church.”

— Peter J. Leithart

“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.”

— Brother Andrew

“Heresy is the life of a mythology and orthodoxy is the death.”

— Joseph Campbell

“All the weaponry and tactics that have been deployed in the war on terror are justified by precisely the same theological stance once invoked…

— Jonathan Kirsch

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.

— James Joyce