Heresy Quote by Tertullian Download Open image “Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy” — Tertullian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Heresy Philosophy
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old philosophers, Academians,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Heresy is the lifeblood of religions. It is faith that begets heresies. There are no heresies in a dead religion. — Andre Suares Copy Share Image
There is never any fair and thorough discussion of heretical opinions... The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics, and whose… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It was a very stupid mistake to think you could deal with heresy by burning heretics. It's the very same mistake that modernist Catholics… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“We owe a wealth of gratitude to the many heretics that have gone before us, those that had thought independently, and courageously, and dared… — Beth Sage Owens Copy Share Image
A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God's fair bride; and maiden's souls are such. — Tertullian Copy Share Image
You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it. — Tertullian Copy Share Image
The Word, then, the Christ, is the cause both of our ancient beginning, for lie was in God, and of our well-being. And now… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions. — Tertullian Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Where there is no danger of overt action there is rarely any interference with freedom. That is why there has so often been amazing… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“The Catholic chruch as threatened your life - do you not want revenge? Have you not sold your hatred to the Pretestant cause to… — S.J. Parris Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind of orthodoxy… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“The huge modern heresy is to alter the human soul to fit modern social conditions, instead of altering modern social conditions to fit the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
