Empires Quote by Voltaire

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.

— Mike Myers

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

— Voltaire

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Voltaire, rightly commented that it was ‘neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire’.”

— Christopher Lascelles

The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the…

— Henri Pirenne

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.

— Chris Johnson

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

It was not the outer granduer of the Roman but the inner simplicity of the Christian that lived through the ages.

— Charles Lindbergh

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

“Holy” in Greek always had in it the idea of difference and separation. The Christian is to be distinctly different—set apart by God for…

— Stuart Briscoe

We have a mistaken notion of antiquity, calling that so which in truth is the world's nonage.

— Joseph Glanvill

“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see that Christ,…

— Dante Alighieri