Quotes About Christianity

the heart of Opus Dei is the Christian experience of divine filiation. God is our Father. We are His children in Christ Jesus, the eternal Son; thus, gathered together around His table, the Church is the family of God on earth, as the Trinity is the Family of God in heaven.

Well, the atheists are against any sort of religion, be it Christianity – " but then Dylan interjected, "Well, Christ is no religion. We're not talking about religion…. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Dylan

There is no leveler like Christianity, but it levels by lifting all who receive it to the lofty table-land of a true character and of undying hope both for this world and the next.

There are always exceptions to every generalization. [A Christian Epilogue]

There are versions of Christianity that claim to be simply 'biblical' (no versions of Judaism do so), but the reality is that the structures and content of Christian belief, even among Christians who believe their faith to be wholly grounded in the Bible, are organized and articulated differently from the contents of the Bible.

The description of the Bible (warts and all) which follows will necessarily make disconcerting reading for those who idealize it, but I will also show that it is not and cannot be the whole foundation of either Judaism or Christianity.

In Christianity, for example, there are absolutely central doctrines, such as that of the Trinity, that are almost entirely absent from the New Testament; conversely, there are central ideas in the New Testament, such as St Paul's theory of 'salvation by grace through faith', that at least until the Reformation were never part of official orthodoxy at all, and even now are not in the creeds. Similarly

To have as its holy text a mixture of works of many genres Ã¢â'¬â€œ predominantly narratives, aphorisms, poems and letters Ã¢â'¬â€œ introduces great complexity into Christianity.

Reading these books raises what will be a recurring theme: given that they tell a story rather than give instruction on what to believe or to do, the path from the biblical text to religious belief and practice in Judaism or Christianity today is far from straightforward.

Theodore became a hermit, lived for two years in a cave, and then for a time inhabited an iron cage. (This sort of flamboyant asceticism was common in the Christian East.)

Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit

Let us, however, remember this truth: No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn't look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection.

It is not necessary that faith and repentance should always precede baptism. They are only required from those whose age makes them capable of both. It will be sufficient, then, if, after infants have grown up, they exhibit the power of their baptism." - John Calvin

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

The Institutes is not only the classic of Christian theology; it is also a model of Christian devotion.

God has so ordained and governed the Christian church that the cross has been the preparation for victory, and death the way to life. Such

For true doctrine is not a matter of the tongue, but of life; neither is Christian doctrine grasped only by the intellect and memory, as truth is grasped in other fields of study. Rather, doctrine is rightly received when it takes possession of the entire soul and finds a dwelling place and shelter in the most intimate affections of the heart.

The fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

At present there are among Christians modern Stoics who think it is wrong to groan and to weep and even to grieve in loneliness. Such wild opinions generally come forth from men who are more dreamers than practical men, and who, therefore, cannot produce anything else but fantasies.

The general reason why Christ received baptism was, that he might   render full obedience to the Father; and the special reason was, that   he might consecrate baptism in his own body, that we might have it in   common with him.

The law itself does not produce sin; it finds sin in us. It offers life to us; but we, being evil, derive nothing but death from it. Hence