“You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years.” YearsStillsTwoChristianChristNumbersTeachingThousandConsciousStructureThinkerThousand YearsPastorTheologian Author:Pope Francis
“The Bible is the Only Book That Can Make Us Wise unto Salvation. The Bible is not a book to be studied as we study geology and astronomy, merely to find out about the earth's formation and the structure of the universe; but it is a book revealing truth, designed to bring us into living union with God.” BookEarthChristianUniverseStudyWiseSalvationStructureUnionsAstronomyRevealingFormationGeology Book:In the Volume of the Book Source: In the Volume of the Book
“Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries. For nearly all Christians since that time, Catholics, Protestants, or Orthodox, have shared three basic premises. First, they accept the canon of the New Testament; second, they confess the apostolic creed; and third, they affirm specific forms of church institution. But every one of these - the canon of Scripture, the creed, and the institutional structure - emerged in its present form only toward the end of the second century.” FirstsMayEndsShowsChristianFormReligionThreeChurchAcceptingChristianityCenturyThirdsCatholicInstitutionsStructureComplexesScriptureContemporaryOrthodoxCreedsDiverseTestamentPremisesNew TestamentProtestantsChristian ChurchCanonApostolicUnanimity Author:Elaine Pagels
“Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it takes all down, and erects a new structure... The sincere Christian is quite a new fabric, from the foundation to the top-stone. He is a new man, a new creature; all things are become new. Conversion is a deep work, a heart work. It makes a new man in a new world. It extends to the whole man, to the mind, to the members, to the motions of the whole life.” MenWorldMindHeartWholeChristianBuildingCreaturesMembersAll ThingsStonesDown AndFoundationStructureWhole LifeConversionWorking ItSincereNew WorldFabricRepairingOld Buildings Author:Joseph Alleine
“The whole social structure is now tumbling down, dethroning its God, undermining all its certainties. All this, wonderfully enough, is being done in the name of the health, wealth, and happiness of all mankind.” DoneEnoughWholeChristianNamesSocialReligiousWealthMankindStructureCertaintyBeing DoneUnderminingSocial StructureTumblingHealth WealthWealth And HappinessTumbling Down Book:Conversion: The Spiritual Journey of a Twentieth Century Pilgrim Source: Conversion: The Spiritual Journey of a Twentieth Century Pilgrim
“Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being "disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators." But they went on with the conviction that they were "a colony of heaven," and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.” MenEndsBigsChristianEvilHeavenPeaceNumbersCommitmentTownsStructureAncientConvictionContestsDisturbedIntimidatedColonyConvictsIntoxicatedInfanticide Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.