“The object of the Bible is not to tell us how the heavens go, but how to go to heaven.”— Lyman Abbott
“What we are saying is that the Bible is the word of God. It is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.”— Peter Akinola
“We are not to be disciples of the fathers, but with them we are to be disciples of the Scriptures.”— Martin Chemnitz
“The principal point of the whole controversy between us and the papists is this, that they contend that Scripture is not the only rule of faith.”— Martin Chemnitz
“The inward work of the Holy Spirit is necessary to the right interpretation of the Scriptures.”— Charles Hodge
“I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that drives the plough to know more of the Scripture than you do.”— William Tyndale
“All the divisions of the Christian world have been occasioned by men leaving the plain, simple word of God.”— Adam Clarke
“The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for a theologian to swim in without ever touching the bottom.”— St. Jerome
“The Bible is the people's book of religion; the Talmud is the book of the people's life.”— Leopold Zunz
“The Scripture cannot be the Holy Spirit's own, particular book, nor the Bible the only word of God; for the Word of God is living, and may not be bound in a book.”— Sebastian Franck
“Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work.”— Russell M. Nelson