“Reader! To whatever visible church, synagogue, or mosque you may belong! See if you do not find more true religion among the host of the excommunicated than among the far greater host who excommunicated them.” IfsMayChurchGreaterReaderVisibleHostMosquesTrue ReligionSynagogue Book:Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible Source: Moses Mendelssohn: Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible
“The nation, like the church, has its visible symbols and insignia, its parchments engrossed with the revealed word, its dogmas, hymns, liturgy, holy day celebrations, its early Fathers, prophets and martyrs, its priesthood and its lay sodality, its myths of sacred genesis and apocalyptic crises, its world-saving mission and its missionaries.” WorldFatherNationsChurchHolyCrisisSacredLaysMissionsMythSymbolsSavingProphetVisibleCelebrationDogmaMartyrGenesisHymnsPriesthoodApocalypticLiturgyHoly Days Book:The Anti-communist Impulse Source: The Anti-communist Impulse
“Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself, as well as from others, than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture? ... I do not mean to imply that the evil are anything other than a small minority among the religious or that the religious motives of most people are in any way spurious. I mean only that evil people tend to gravitate toward piety for the disguise and concealment it can offer them.” PeopleWayWellsMeanChristianFormCultureEvilFoundChurchReligiousAtheismOffersOneselfPositive AtheismPrimariesMotiveVisibleMinoritiesDisguisePietyBetter WaysEvil PeopleConcealmentDeacons Author:Martin Buber
“[Christianity] endeavors equally to establish these two things: that God has set up in the Church visible signs to make himself known to those who should seek him sincerely, and that he has nevertheless so disguised them that he will only be perceived by those who seek him with all their heart.” ShouldHeartTwoFaithChurchKnownChristianityTwo ThingsVisibleEndeavorNeverthelessSincerely Author:Blaise Pascal