Christopher Dawson Quotes

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

One of the things I love about our source text as Christians, the Bible, is that it teaches us not to avoid conflict. And it teaches us that before the fall of man, in Paradise, there was conflict. God wants conflict to be a part of your life.

I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.

The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

I don't necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.

I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray.

The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

I'm not a Christian, but I think the Christian message is a good one.

Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing.

Christianity is in its nature revolutionary.

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

I believe in the teachings of Christ. I think that's a good way to set your moral compass.

I am totally convinced the Christian faith is the most coherent worldview around.

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind.

Christianity is the hallmark of civilization.

I like Christianity. I'm a fan of Jesus and his whole philosophy but not the social teaching aspects of it, of course.

Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in God's revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.

Everyone thinks they know Jesus because they've got a personal relationship with him.

Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.

Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.