Anathema Quote by Pope Martin I

If anyone says that it is possible that at some time, given the advancement of knowledge, a sense may be assigned to the dogmas…

— Pope Pius IX

If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and shall submit to the monstrous doctrine that follows from it, let him be anathema [excommunicated]

— Justinian I

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

— Pope Leo I

“I would urge us to be not too certain of our accustomed ways of looking at Genesis, and to open ourselves to the wisdom…

— Seraphim Rose

To be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on…

— R. C. Sproul

This Apostolic Church never turned from the way of truth nor held any kind of error. It is imperative that nothing of the truths…

— Pope Agatho

By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which…

— Pope Innocent III

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

The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for…

— Alexander MacLaren

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

One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.

— A. B. Simpson

“Jesus was not just a man filled with the baptism of the Holy Spirit, or blessed with the presence of God, like the prophets…

— S.G. Norris