C. S. Lewis Quotes
When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes
Lewis, C. S. The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 2: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949. HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
Jefferson was not anti-Christian as some accuse him. He was a great admirer of Jesus’ life and philosophy. He did object to the non-ethical aspects of Christianity—the rituals, miracles, dogma, hierarchy, and organized churches. See {611664} . Jefferson even went so far as to compile his own version of the Bible—New Testament sometimes called the “Jefferson Bible”—where he translated the material and then extracted the ethical principles leaving out everything else.
It is an error to say that He was the last Pope to hold temporal power. 101 years later, the Vatican rejected this view and accepted Protestantism at Vatican II.
Even such a brilliant and modern reformer as Wesley opposed the movement to stop persecuting and prosecuting witches.
He was writing about the superstitions that there were specific people—witches and warlocks—whose magic could bring hail, thunder and other natural phenomena. At the time he wrote this most educated clerics believed in witchcraft and magic.
motivates him as opposed to a plot He had entered the Catholic cathedral in Lisbon, and in the middle of the mass, wrested the host away from the bishop and trampled it on the ground. The Catholics thought that the Protestant English were about to launch a plot to establish a reformed church in Portugal. They arrested all Englishmen in Portugal. Finally, after much torture, the decision was reached that Gardener acted on his own, and he was roasted alive.
Henry of Navarre. The practice of kidnapping children from parents of the other faith and baptizing them was rampant.
At the time he was referring to Protestants & Catholics. Today we have Muslims vs. Jews & Christians.
A force of 4,000 Spaniards, aided by Irish Catholics attempted to thwart the English Protestant Reformation forces in Ireland. They were defeated in their war by Lord Mountjoy. This is one of the many wars in history that was described as “holy” by one or both of its participants.
This particular quotation was very damaging to Christians of the era. Voltaire was almost universally regarded as the greatest mind of Europe at the time. He was consulted by powerful monarchs and others throughout Europe. He influenced major figures of the day like Catherine the Great. Voltaire did believe in God. See {621200}.
For the majority of the time of Christian History, it has been Catholic Christian History. Protestantism did not begin until the 16th Century.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
His intolerance and bigotry not only is of Muslims and Hindus, but extends to some Protestant denominations as well. See {643060} for additional examples of bias on the part of this erstwhile Presidential aspirant. To him, religions, unless they agree with his religious beliefs, are evil and dangerous to society.
Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.
