“Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.” SaidJesusKingsAccusedTreachery Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore - on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium.” PeopleHas BeensJesusLeftChristJusticeGenerationsPersonalitySafeJesus ChristContraryAtmosphereSurroundBoresAccusedShatteringTediumDynamic Personality Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“It is in the name of Jesus, himself become God, that fanaticism ignominiously condemned to the stake men like Giodano Bruno, Vanini, Étienne Dolet, John Huss, Savanarola, and numerous other heroic victims; that the Inquisition ordered Galileo to belie his conscience; that thousands and thousands of unfortunates accused of witchcraft were burnt alive in popular ceremonies; it was with the express benediction of Pope Gregory XIII that the butchery of St. Bartholomew drenched Paris in blood.” MenEvilJesusNamesReligiousAliveBloodConscienceVictimParisStakesHeroicPopeAccusedCeremonyFanaticismWitchcraftInquisitionBenedictionButchery Author:Camille Flammarion