Quotes about Religion
He who does not have the church as his mother does not have God as his Father.
— St. Augustine
He cannot have God for his father who has not the Church for his Mother.
— St. Cyprian
Almost the whole life of religious bodies lies in the maintenance of their first fervor.
— Ignatius of Loyola
the world groaned and was astonished to find itself Arian
— Saint Jerome
All denominations of Christians have really little difference in point of doctrine, though they may differ widely in external forms.
— Samuel Johnson
I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world's heart for two thousand years.
— Billy Sunday
It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ.
— Martin Luther
The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.
— Timothy Keller
I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet.
— Brigham Young
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him.
— Ronald Reagan
Chesterton is quoted as saying, "When a man stops believing in God, he doesn't then believe in nothing, he believes anything.
— Mark Driscoll
Avoid participating in any religious community where the clear truth-claims of Scripture are ignored while contemplative and mystical practices are favored simply for their spiritual experience. Be careful of any church or ministry wherein acts of mercy and environmental stewardship are devoid of a theology of the cross and wind up being little more than the worship of created people and things. And be careful not to worship a good thing as a god thing for that is a bad thing.
— Mark Driscoll