Quotes about Orthodoxy

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

But in one thing I would go beyond strict orthodoxy - I am a convinced universalist. I believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of God.

Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox - a true church with sound fundamental doctrines as well as significant error.

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.

Jesus himself says, "Do not believe those who say 'Lord, Lord' " (Matthew 7:21, Luke 6:46, italics added). He says it is those who "do it right" that matter, not those who "say it right." Yet verbal orthodoxy has been Christianity's preoccupation, at times even allowing us to burn people at the stake for not "saying it right.

It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.

If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead.

The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy among them. This discrepancy sometimes leads to guilty consciences.

I will not glory, even in my orthodoxy, for even that can be a snare if I make a god of it... Let us rejoice in Him in all His fullness and in Him alone.

There is and always has been the Church, and various heresies proceeding from a rejection of some of the Church's doctrines by men who still desire to retain the rest of her teaching and morals.