The Church

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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Tertullian

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Topic

Martyrs The Church Christianity

Author

Tertullian

Source

Apologeticus

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

197 190s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

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

The Age of Reason

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Topic

The Church

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The Age of Reason

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

There is no salvation outside the Church.

Saint Cyprian

Letter to Jubaianus

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Topic

Salvation The Church

Author

Saint Cyprian

Source

Letter to Jubaianus

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

256 250s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Saint Cyprian. Letter to Jubaianus, Concerning the Baptism of Heretics. c. 250.

Current Citation

Saint Cyprian. "Letter 73: Rebaptism: the Novatian Dimension." On the Church: Select Letters, translated by Allen Brent. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.

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

The Color Purple

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Topic

God and man The Church

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

Jesus

Matthew 18:20

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Topic

The Church

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:20).

Museums have today become the new churches.

Christian Boltanski

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Topic

Art and religion Museums Decline of religion The Church Art

Speaker

Christian Boltanski

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Boltanski, Christian. Interview with Tamar Garb. Christian Boltanski. Phaidon Press, 1997, p. 11.

Not even the Church is so powerfully equipped to serve the public psychologically as is the motion-picture company.

William Moulton Marston

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Topic

Entertainment Hollywood Decline of religion The Church

Author

William Moulton Marston

Source

New York University Daily News

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Marston, William Moulton. Quoted in "Professor to Cure Scenarios with Wrong Emotional Content: Dabbled in Movies While at Harvard; Now Sought by Hollywood with Offer of Favorable Contract" written by Henry W. Levy. New York University News, 8 Jan. 1929.

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Jesus

Matthew 16:18

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Topic

The Church

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:18).

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

A Tramp Abroad

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Topic

The Church Hypocrisy and religion Hypocrisy Religion

Author

Mark Twain

Source

A Tramp Abroad

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. A Tramp Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1880, ch. 36.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "A Tramp Abroad." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount, Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 36.

To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by eternal ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

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Topic

Organized religion The Church

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Milton." Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. London: C. Bathurst, et al., 1781.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Milton." The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, edited by Roger Lonsdale. Oxford University Press, 2009.