“The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing His apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God's plan for His Church.” MenReasonChristChurchPracticePlansTeachingExampleAuthorityCatholicFundamentalsSacredConstantScriptureConsistentlyApostlesCatholic ChurchExclusionPriesthoodGod's PlanSacred Scripture Author:Pope Paul VI
“Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.” MayChristianJesusChristChurchElementsJesus ChristFundamentalsRoseGravesRadicalChristian FaithProclamationChristian Church Book:The Gnostic Gospels Source: The Gnostic Gospels
“Men had made, we believe, fundamental changes in the doctrines, purposes, and practices of the Pristine Gospel and Church. There had been an apostasy, or a falling away from the true character of Christ's teachings in the centuries which followed the Apostolic age.” MenBelieveMadeCharacterAgePurposeFallChristChurchPracticeTeachingCenturyFundamentalsDoctrinePristineTrue CharacterApostolicApostasy Author:Lowell L. Bennion
“Logically, faith comes first, and love next; but in life they will spring up together in the soul; the interval which separates them is impalpable, and in every act of trust, love is present; and fundamental to every emotion of love to Christ is trust in Christ.” FirstsSoulTogetherNextChristLove IsEmotionSpringAnd LoveFundamentalsIntervalsTrust Love Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture
“Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God." But He has risen in the confirmation of all His claims. By it alone, but by it thoroughly, is He manifested as the very Son of God, who has come into the world to reconcile the world to Himself. It is the fundamental fact in the Christian's unwavering confidence in "all the words of this life.” WorldBelieveMadeFactsChristianChristSonEqualClaimsFundamentalsThis LifeEasterRisenReconcileConfirmationUnwaveringHe Has Risen Author:B. B. Warfield
“We can no longer speak of a bourne from which no traveler e'er returns. The middle wall of partition has been broken down and the boundary become but an invisible line by the resurrection of Christ. That He who died has been raised again and ever lives in the form of a complete humanity is the fundamental fact in the revelation of the Christian doctrine of immortality.” Has BeensFactsChristianFormHumanitySpeakChristLinesMiddleBrokenWallReturnDiedDown AndFundamentalsRaisedBoundariesInvisibleDoctrineImmortalityRevelationsResurrectionTravelerEasterBroken DownPartitionBourneChristian Doctrine Author:B. B. Warfield
“People will listen to sophisticated physicists, using God as a kind of metaphor for the deep constants, the deep problems, the deep principles of physics, and say that in that sense I believe in God. The reaction is, "Oh, this great physicist believes in God - that means I'm free to believe in the trinity and in the crucifixion and in the reincarnation of Christ" - and all that stuff, which of course has nothing whatever to do with the fundamental constants of physics, which is what these physicists are talking about.” PeopleBelieveKindMeanProblemCoursesI BelieveStuffChristTalkingPrinciplesFundamentalsMetaphorI Believe InPhysicsReactionsBelieve In GodSophisticatedReincarnationPhysicistTrinityCrucifixionI Believe In God Author:Richard Dawkins
“There is a fundamental difference between Jesus and Muhammad and their teachings. When the Jews brought a prostitute to Christ and asked him what to do with her because the law says stone her, Jesus said, let the one who has not committed any sin throw the first stone. This is a great teaching. To be happy as human beings, we don't need lots of laws. All we need are few good teachings and this is one of them.” NeedsFirstsHumansSaidLawJesusChristDifferencesHuman BeingsSinTeachingStonesFundamentalsCommittedJewMuhammadGreat TeachingGood Teaching Author:Ali Sina
“Let it be uppermost in your minds, now and at all times, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God who came into the world to lay down his life that we might live. That is the truth, and is fundamental. Upon that our faith is built.” WorldMindMightJesusChristSonBuiltFundamentalsLaysAll Time Author:Joseph Fielding Smith
“Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are built, and by winning people to regard the Buddha and the Christ as fellow-laborers, and not as rivals.” PeopleTryingSpiritualWinningChristChristianityBuddhismBuiltRegardFellowsFundamentalsBridgesPointingRivalsLaborersSpiritual TruthBuddhism And Christianity Author:Annie Besant
“Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. Christ Himself said that this sort of wisdom was like a house with nothing but sand as its foundation, while His own was like a building with solid rock as its foundation.” TryingSaidHouseChristAcceptingPrinciplesTeachingRocksBuildingFoundationFundamentalsFollowingStatementsSandWorldlyFundamental PrinciplesWorldly WisdomAccepting The Truth Author:Vincent de Paul
“Teachings and ideologies subversive to the fundamental principles of this great Republic, which are contrary to the Constitution of the United States, or which are detrimental to the progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be condemned, whether advocated by Republicans or Democrats.” StatesJesusChristChurchUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesProgressTeachingRepublicanJesus ChristConstitutionFundamentalsDemocratSaintContraryIdeologyLatterRepublicSubversiveConstitution Of The United StatesFundamental PrinciplesLatter DaysDetrimentalLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“The revolution of Jesus is in the first place and continuously a revolution of the human heart or spirit...it is a revolution of character which proceeds by changing people from the inside through ongoing personal relationship to God in Christ and to one another. It is one that changes their ideas, beliefs, feelings, and habits of choice, as well as their bodily tendencies and social relations. It penetrates to the deepest layer of their soul. External, social arrangements may be used to this end, but they are not the end, nor are they a fundamental part of the means” PeopleFirstsHumansWellsHeartMayMeanIdeasSoulEndsCharacterFeelingsUsedSpiritChoicesJesusBeliefSocialChristRevolutionHabitRelationFundamentalsTendenciesLayersArrangementsHuman HeartOngoingPenetratePersonal RelationshipsSocial Relations Author:Dallas Willard
“As fanatical as it may sound to fundamental evangelical Christians, the Church is destined to subdue all things and put all things under Christ's feet before He actually literally returns from heaven. Father God said to Jesus, "Sit thou at my right hand until I make all your enemies your footstool.".” MaySaidHandsChristianFatherJesusHeavenSoundChristChurchEnemyFeetReturnAll ThingsFundamentalsDestinedEvangelical Author:Bill Hamon
“Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen me.” We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally “have no choice.” Has BeensSaidChoicesJesusChristResponsibilityRightsModernPositionCallingFundamentalsResponseFollowingConvictionChosenObedienceFollowersInitiativeModern LifePretensionFollowing Christ Author:Os Guinness
“Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely to give bread; He said, "I am the bread." He did not come merely to shed light; He said, "I am the light." He did not come merely to show the door; He said, "I am the door." He did not come merely to name a shepherd; He said, "I am the shepherd." He did not come merely to point the way; He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life."” WayLifeGivingSaidGodShowsLightTruthChristianFaithJesusNamesChristLordDoorsMessagesJesus ChristFundamentalsBreadShedPreachingOur LordShepherdsGreatness Of God Author:J. Sidlow Baxter
“The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of American life.” WholeInspirationChristReligiousTeachingCivilizationLessonsSpringFundamentalsProphetPatrioticAmerican Life Author:Herbert Hoover
“The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.” MenWorldJesusStarsChristWiseThis WorldSourceExpectationsJesus ChristFundamentalsChristmasFulfillmentSuccess In LifeExpeditionsBethlehem Author:D. James Kennedy
“There is no doctrine more fundamental to our work than the Atonement of Jesus Christ. At every appropriate opportunity, testify of the Savior and of the power of His Atoning sacrifice. Use scriptures that teach of Him and why He is the perfect pattern for everyone in life.4 You will need to study diligently. Do not become so absorbed with trivial things that you miss learning the doctrine and teachings of the Lord. With a solid, personal doctrinal foundation, you will be a powerful source for sharing vital truths with others who desperately need them.” NeedsUseOpportunityJesusChristPerfectPowerfulLordTeachStudySacrificeTeachingMissingSourceJesus ChristFoundationFundamentalsPatternsScriptureDoctrineAppropriateSaviorAtonementTrivial Things Author:Richard G. Scott
“The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.” JesusHeavenChristPrinciplesJesus ChristThirdsDiedFundamentalsRoseProphetBuriedTestimonyApostlesFundamental PrinciplesMormonism Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.