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Religious literature4 quotes
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty. — Thomas Paine · 1794For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. — Jesus · 60Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. — Jesus · 60Epistolary novel1 quote
Have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God. — Alice Walker · 1982Philosophical literature1 quote
The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty. — Thomas Paine · 1794Travel writing1 quote
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little by way of example. — Mark Twain · 1880