Quotes about Orthodoxy

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

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

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

the church has unhesitatingly privileged the creed and let the canon fend for itself—

As Schaeffer once wrote, there is nothing uglier than theological orthodoxy without understanding or compassion.

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

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

A man may be free from all scandal in either creed or conduct but may be a most grievous obstruction in the way of all spiritual good to his people. He may be a dry and empty cistern in spite of his orthodoxy. He may be freezing or blasting life at the very time he is speaking of the way of life. He may be repelling men from the cross even when he is proclaiming it in words. He may be standing between his flock and the blessing even when he is outwardly lifting up his hand to bless them.

it may appear that what the liberal theologian has retained after abandoning to the enemy one Christian doctrine after another is not Christianity at all, but a religion which is so entirely different from Christianity as to be long in a distinct category.

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

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

One may go against convention, but one must keep up tradition.