Heretic Quote by Sam Harris

“At the heart of the Reformation message was a rejection of the power of individual believers, or of the church acting on their behalf,…

— Michael Braddick

“Luther, the hero of Worms, the champion of the sacred rights of conscience, was, in words, the most violent, but in practice, the least…

— Philip Schaff

Heretics were most often bitterly persecuted for the their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that irritated the…

— Lev Shestov

“Luther and Calvin were as dogmatic and intolerant as the Church had been. For those who had to decide whether to become Protestant or…

— John Rawls

It wasn't Luther or Calvin that reformed the church. It was the Word of God that reformed the church.

— Robert Godfrey

“the Reformations resulted in state churches that were even more repressive of individuals than the Catholic Church ever attempted to be. The Reformations did…

— Rodney Stark

“From a psychological perspective, no Christian construct in Luther’s time was as specifically therapeutic for obsessions and compulsions as that which he discovered. Only…

— Ian Osborn

“By their peculiar “reasoning,” too, theologians have sanctioned most of the ills of the ages. They justified the Inquisition, serfdom, and slavery. Theologians of…

— Carter G. Woodson

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

— Anonymous

“Due partly to the influence of the Genevan Academy and partly to the Institutes, Calvin’s theological influence was soon felt in various parts of…

— Justo L. González

“Once the Lutheran churches were secure, Luther, like most other leaders of the Reformations, believed in freedom of conscience only for those who agreed…

— Rodney Stark

One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.

— Alister E. McGrath