Philip Schaff

“History is the memory of the past, the interpreter of the present, and the prophet of the future.”

“Every heresy is a truth taught out of proportion.”

“The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my harbor.”

“A theologian without history is like a physician who has never seen a patient.”

“The Bible is a book of religion, a book of God, and not a book of science.”

“The Reformation of the sixteenth century is, next to the introduction of Christianity, the greatest event in history.”

“A creed is a confession of faith for public use.”

“The history of the church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.”

“Humility is the root of all virtue.”

“Truth is the daughter of time.”

“Theology is the science of faith.”

“Christianity is the most powerful factor in the history of the world.”

“The church is the mother of all believers.”

“American Christianity is republican in politics, and voluntary in religion.”