Philip Schaff Quotes

Religion And Liberty Are Inseparable. Religion Is Voluntary, And Cannot And Ought Not To Be Forced.

The Living Church Of The Redeemed Is His Book. He Founded A Religion Of The Living Spirit, Not Of A Written Code, Like The Mosaic Law. Yet His Words And Deeds Are Recorded By As Honest And Reliable Witnesses As Ever Put Pen To Paper.

The Son Of God, Prompted By The Same Infinite Love, Laid Aside His Divine Glory And Mode Of Existence, Emptied Himself Exchanged The Form Of God For The Form Of A Servant, Humbled Himself And Became Obedient, Even Unto The Death Of The Cross.

The New Testament Evinces Its Universal Design In Its Very, Style, Which Alone Distinguishes It From All The Literary Productions Of Earlier And Later Times.

Those Who Make Pictures Of The Savior, Who Is God As Well As Man In One Inseparable Person, Either Limit The Incomprehensible Godhead To The Bounds Of Created Flesh, Or Confound His Two Natures Like Eutyches, Or Separate Them, Like Nestorius, Or Deny His Godhead, Like Arius; And Those Who Worship Such A Picture Are Guilty Of The Same Heresy And Blasphemy.

The United States Furnishes The First Example In History Of A Government Deliberately Depriving Itself Of All Legislative Control Of Religion.

Freedom Of Religion Is One Of The Greatest Gifts Of God To Man, Without Distinction Of Race And Color. He Is The Author And Lord Of Conscience, And No Power On Earth Has A Right To Stand Between God And The Conscience.

The Person Of Christ Is To Me The Greatest And Surest Of All Facts.

In Our Country We Ask No Toleration For Religion And Its Free Exercise, But We Claim It As An Inalienable Right.

The Apostolic Writings Are Of Three Kinds: Historical, Didactic, And Prophetic.

Religion And Liberty Are Inseparable. Religion Is Voluntary, And Cannot, And Ought Not To Be Forced. This Is A Fundamental Article Of The American Creed, Without Distinction Of Sect Or Party. Liberty, Both Civil And Religious, Is An American Instinct. Such Liberty Is Impossible On The Basis Of A Union Of Church And State, Where The One Of Necessity Restricts Or Controls The Other. It Requires A Friendly Separation, Where Each Power Is Entirely Independent In Its Own Sphere.

Christ Himself Wrote Nothing, But Furnished Endless Material For Books And Songs Of Gratitude And Praise.