“The historical relationship between Christians and Jews for most of the two thousand years of Christianity has not been good and it's been mostly persecution by Christians of Jews - not all the time, not every place, but mostly it's been that. I think that's just a terribly regretful thing. I don't see it anywhere in the Scriptures that I read, that Christians are to persecute Jews. I think it's been quite damaging. I think it's been a bad witness.” ThinkingYearsTwoChristianChristianityThousandHistoricalJewScriptureWitnessThousand YearsPersecutionRegretful Author:Sam Brownback
“Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.” IdeasSometimesChristianCausesDifferencesReligiousChristianityTakenTheoryEvidenceHistoricalIslamDuesLocalsIslamicInterpretationScholarSufiResemblanceEsoteric Book:The Elephant in the Dark Source: The Elephant in the Dark
“To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event was unmentioned and unnoticed not only in the rich historical literature of medieval Islam, but even in the literatures of the Coptic and other Christian churches, of the Byzantines, of the Jews, or anyone else who might have thought the destruction of a great library worthy of comment. That the story still survives, and is repeated, despite all these objections, is testimony to the enduring power of a myth.” StillsStoriesMightChristianLiteratureChurchAcceptingRichEventsDestructionHistoricalIslamEndureLibraryJewScaryWorthyMythDespiteDramaticCommentTestimonyMedievalObjectionsUnnoticedChristian ChurchAlexandriaByzantine Author:Bernard Lewis
“It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.” ChristianRomanceYoungFictionFantasyMysteryAdventureOffersAdultsAppreciateScience FictionHistoricalYoung AdultContemporaryVarietySuspense Author:Randy Alcorn
“Critics often point to historical issues such as slavery, upon which many Christians did act inconsistently, in an effort to invalidate Christian participation in contemporary social issues.” ChristianSocialReligiousEffortIssuesSlaveryHistoricalCriticsContemporaryParticipationSocial Issues Author:H. Wayne House
“Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic church.... Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are expressions implying a contradiction in terms.” IfsFactsChristianTermChurchReligiousExpressionHarmonyCatholicRemainsHistoricalSocialismDoctrineContradictionDogmaCatholic ChurchImplyingHistorical Facts Author:Pope Pius XI
“Have been reading "Genesis" several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for "spiritual consolation," "instruction," etc., not as aninfidel reads to carp and quarrel and criticize, but as one who wishes to be informed and furnished in the earliest and most wonderful of all literary productions. The literature of the Bible should be studied as one studies Shakespeare, for illustration and language, for its true pictures of man and woman nature, for its early historical record.” MenShouldHas BeensChristianSpiritualReadingLiteratureLanguageWishStudyRecordsWonderfulBibleMen And WomenHistoricalProductionsEtcSundayCriticizeInstructionConsolationQuarrelsGenesisIllustrationCarp Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.” ThinkingMenMeanChristianJesusPowerfulFiguresHigherHistoricalBridgesReachingChristian FaithHistorical Figure Author:Barack Obama