Hans Urs Von Balthasar (1905–1988) Swedish Catholic theologian
Source: Unless You Become Like This Child
1850s, Judge For Yourselves! 1851 (1876)
Hans Urs Von Balthasar (1905–1988) Swedish Catholic theologian
Source: Unless You Become Like This Child
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) United States Baptist theologian
Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Introduction, p.xiii
Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) English headmaster of Rugby School
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 133.
Kurien Kunnumpuram (1931–2018) Indian theologian
Kunnumpuram, K. (2007) The Indian Church of the Future. Mumbai: St Pauls
On the Church
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist
Source: The Subversion of Christianity (1984), pp. 35-36
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
A Thanksgiving Sermon (1897)
Context: They thought the earth was flat—a little dishing if anything—that it was about five thousand years old, and that the stars were little sparkles made to beautify the night. The fact is that Christianity was in existence for fifteen hundred years before there was an astronomer in Christendom. No follower of Christ knew the shape of the earth.
“He likewise said, "Give God what belongs to God," and "Seek ye first the kingdom of God."”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) American clergyman
Source: The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921), Ch.4 p. 65-69
Context: The third reference is to Matthew 22:21 and to the 13th chapter of Romans. It is said that Jesus and St. Paul accepted the authority of the state, and since the state rests upon force and war, the Christian must likewise accept these. It is quite true that Jesus recognized the sphere of the state, in the statement, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar." He paid taxes and never renounced the authority of the state. But this is only a half-truth. He likewise said, "Give God what belongs to God," and "Seek ye first the kingdom of God." St. Paul also upholds the state, especially in the thirteenth chapter of Romans. Upon close inspection of the teaching of St. Paul, however, the most that can be said in this connection is that the authority of the state is to be recognized and obeyed in so far as it does not conflict with the higher law of God.... The New Testament is filled with instances where the disciples refused to obey the government authorities, and many times they were imprisoned for disobedience. When commanded by the officials to cease their Christian activity, they replied, "We must obey God rather than man."
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
Master Speaks (1967) Part 7: Bible Interpretation http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/sm-mast/MSTRSP-7.htm, (transcriptions of Q&A sessions in March-April 1965)
Mark Hopkins (educator) (1802–1887) American educationalist and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 132.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) British politician
Saturday Review, 17, 1864, pp. 129–30
1860s