Ancient Quote by Olympia Brown

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit.

— Herman Melville

But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the…

— John Calvin

“Every corruption of biblical Christianity begins by compromising this principle. Every deviation from Christianity as Christ and the Apostles established it begins by adding…

— John Hendryx

If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was…

— Herrick Johnson

The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system.

— Thomas Paine

It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men,…

— Pope Pius X

The error of those who reason by precedents drawn from antiquity, respecting the rights of man, is that they do not go far enough…

— Thomas Paine

“We do not need to reinvent our faith; we need to get back to the basics of Christianity. Every generation of believers should revisit…

— Winfield Bevins

Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.

— Horace Bushnell

“There was some kind of cultural cause for the decline of the ancient world. It was neither corruption of public spirit nor Christianity. It…

— Norman F. Cantor

“Later times have laid all the blame upon the Goths and Vandals, but, however unwilling the partizans of the Christian system may be to…

— Thomas Paine

“There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. The Christian intellect has…

— Anonymous