Famous Quotes relating to Heresy

Ignorance is the mark of the heathen, knowledge of the true church, and conceit of the heretics. Clement of Alexandria He that is not a son of Peace is not a son of God. All other sins destroy the Church consequentially; but Division and Separation demolish it directly... Richard Baxter Theologians are called to be the church's water engineers and sewage officers; it is their job to see that God's pure truth flows abundantly where it is needed, and to filter out any intrusive pollution that might damage health. J.I. Packer It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved. Galileo Heresy is the school of pride. George Herbert When God's sheep are in danger, the shepherd must not gaze at the stars and meditate on "inspirational" themes. He is morally obliged to grab his weapon and run to their defense. A.W. Tozer As Christ is the end of the Law and the Gospel and has within himself all the treasures of wisdom and understanding, so also is he the mark at which all heretics aim and direct their arrows. John Calvin ...he that will blow the Coals must not wonder if some Sparks do fly in his face... Richard Baxter Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. C.S. Lewis Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it." Pascal "OUR wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves." Calvin, John "A man may be theologically knowing and spiritually ignorant" Charnock, Stephen "We cannot but admit that not even the least thing takes place unless it is ordered by God. For who have ever been so concerned and curious as to find out how much hair he has on his head? There is no one. God, however, knows the number. Indeed, nothing is too small in us or in any other creature, not to be ordered by the all-knowing and all-powerful providence of God." Zwingli, Huldryrch "If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all." Lewis, C.S. "He has once for all determined, both whom he would admit to salvation, and whom he would condemn to destruction." Calvin, John "Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite, are necessarily men of violence. We speak of 'touching' a man's heart, but we can do nothing to his head but hit it." Chesterton, G.K. "Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important." Lewis, C.S. "If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning." Tozer, A.W. "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." Lewis, C.S. "For not only does sound reason direct us to refuse the guidance of those who do or teach anything wrong, but it is by all means vital for the lover of truth, regardless of the threat of death, to choose to do and say what is right even before saving his own life." Tozer, A.W.