Quotes about Christianity

the heart of Opus Dei is the Christian experience of divine filiation. God is our Father. We are His children in Christ Jesus, the eternal Son; thus, gathered together around His table, the Church is the family of God on earth, as the Trinity is the Family of God in heaven.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit

Let us, however, remember this truth: No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn't look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection.

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

The Institutes is not only the classic of Christian theology; it is also a model of Christian devotion.

God has so ordained and governed the Christian church that the cross has been the preparation for victory, and death the way to life.

Men are justified by believing, not by what they do. It is by faith they obtain grace: and grace cannot be earned as a payment for works.

For true doctrine is not a matter of the tongue, but of life; neither is Christian doctrine grasped only by the intellect and memory, as truth is grasped in other fields of study. Rather, doctrine is rightly received when it takes possession of the entire soul and finds a dwelling place and shelter in the most intimate affections of the heart.

The fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

Therefore, it is blasphemous to give the title Son to anyone but Christ.

At present there are among Christians modern Stoics who think it is wrong to groan and to weep and even to grieve in loneliness. Such wild opinions generally come forth from men who are more dreamers than practical men, and who, therefore, cannot produce anything else but fantasies.