Quotes About Reformation

Might we not be on the threshold of an ecological reformation?

I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim against the tide instead of with it... accept a good deal of loneliness, will perhaps be nowhere so clear and palpable as in the church, where he would so much like things to be different. Yet he cannot and he will not refuse to take this risk and pay this price... he belongs where the reformation of the church is underway or will again be underway.

John Calvin had labored for more than twenty years to find that 'order,' an explanation of Christian doctrine that not only instructed readers in the faith but also moved their hearts and minds to accept the truth of the Gospel. Through those years of writing, revision, and additions, Calvin created one of the great books of his age." Bruce Gordon ?#?CalvinsInstitutes?

There is thus a very great deal in common between the enthusiasm with which Mohammed's teaching attacked the priesthood, the Mass and the sacraments, and the enthusiasm with which Calvinism, the central motive force of the Reformation, did the same.

For ethical fashion, I really like Reformation. It's so fashionable - no hemp trousers.

The only true reformation is that which emanates from the Word of God.

What the printing press is to Christianity in the 16th century, that's what the Internet is doing to Islam now. It has opened up the monopoly over the interpretation of Islam that used to solely belong to the religious class.

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.

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

Universal literacy, taken for granted today, was a direct result of the Reformation's reemphasis upon the centrality of Bible reading

I dug out the pre-Reformation and Reformation classics written on the subject of Christian spirituality. Virtually every one of those books addressed one subject: prayer.

What had once been sins punishable by the medieval Church against the faithful were thus transformed by the Reformation into crimes punishable by the state, enforceable even against those who did not share the faith.

The error of a lively rake lies in his passions, and may be reformed: but the dry rogue, who sets up for judgment, is incorrigible.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.

I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.

Yes, the Admiral is redeeming himself, and setting things right, bit by bit by bit.

Martin Luther

How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages? The Church was the only thing that ever brought us out of them.

The mainline Churches, really the Christian Church in general, needs a new Reformation. We need an awakening. We need a fresh visitation of the Holy Spirit. The mainline Churches must return to the preaching of the Cross and the centrality of Christ, or the little bit that is left will die too.

be passed where our children will be taught of the Lord (Isa. 54:13) and our nation be filled with the glory of the Lord (Hab. 2:14). Lord, anoint leaders to submit to Your lordship so that our economic situation can be healed. Let our people build houses and inhabit them (Isa. 65:21). Let them plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them (Isa. 65:21). Let them enjoy the work of their hands (v. 22). Let the enemies in our land be reconciled, but let reformation be the foundation.

Oh pleasure, you're indeed a pleasant thing, / Although one must be damned for you no doubt. / I make a resolution every spring / Of reformation, ere the year run out.

Romans is the most influential document in Christian history. It stimulated not only the Protestant Reformation but many other revivals throughout history.