Christian Quote by Saint Augustine

Some modern scholars contend that in terms of what "religion" was in that [Roman-era setting], you can't even call Christianity a religion.

— Larry Hurtado

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

In the process of replacing the old religions, Christianity became a religion.

— Alexander Schmemann

It wasn't until I started reading the history of religion that I understood that the definition of Christianity has shifted in many different directions…

— Tim DeChristopher

'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian until the…

— Penn Jillette

The term Christian used to be a pejorative. Back in the day, Christians were persecuted; however, over time, it became one of the word's…

— Simon Tam

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity…

— John Adams

Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.

— Yann Martel

I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted…

— John Stuart Mill

A religion without the Holy Ghost, though it had all the ordinances and all the doctrines of the New Testament, would certainly not be…

— William Arthur Ward

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places of believing practices, but for this very reason, they seem to have…

— Michel de Certeau