You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian. ~ Geek Speak 101 #1 out of ten ways to know if you are a Fundamentalist, according to an athiest.
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice. ~ John Chrysostom, 4th century Bishop of Constantinople
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like? ~ John Chrysostom, 4th century Bishop of Constantinople
Ok this next quote, only exists in this one source: Quoted by C. Volney, The Ruins, p. 177 (1872).Volney supposedly was quoting a letter written from Saint Gregory to Saint Jerome, but this document apparently does not exist in the 20th century. It does not appear in any of Gregory's works and it only apparently exist in this 1872 source. Perhaps Volney had access to this letter or perhaps it never existed at all. Even if it does exist, I would like to read the context of this quote that is used by Jews and Athiests alike to criticize the Christian faith. Volney was trying to prove that the Church Fathers intentially adapted Egyptian Sun worship into Christian Son worship.
A little jargon is all that is necessary to impose on the people. The less they comprehend, the more they admire. Our forefathers and doctors have often said, not what they though, but what circumstances and necessity dictated ~ St. Gregoryof Nanianzus, 4th century Bishop of Constantinople
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