Joseph Barber Lightfoot

“The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself.”

“The life of the early Church was a life of prayer.”

“The threefold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons was the historical backbone of the early Church.”

“The past is our wisest and best guide, only when its lessons are read aright.”

“Humility is the starting-point of all true greatness.”

“Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”

“Every great crisis of history is a crisis of faith.”

“The history of the Church is the history of God's dealings with men.”

“The Christian life is not a quiet sanctuary, but a battle-field.”

“There is no true religion without a true morality.”

“The Epistles of St. Paul are not only the earliest, but the most important of all the Apostolic writings.”

“A man's character is the reality of himself. His reputation is the opinion others have formed of him. Character is in him; reputation is from other people.”

“The most heroic word in all languages is the word 'revolution'.”

“There is nothing on which I would not stake my salvation, that the Gospel of John was written by John the son of Zebedee.”