Adherent Quotes

“Now, it is of course well known that Christ continually uses the expression 'imitators.' He never says that he asks for admirers, adoring admirers, adherents; and when he uses the expression 'follower' he always explains it in such a way that one perceives that 'imitators' is meant by it, that is not adherents of a teaching but imitators of a life....”
― Søren Kierkegaard, Practice in Christianity

“Adherent, the term for a follower, comes from a Latin verb (adhaerere) that means "to stick together." So an adherent, the Oxford English Dictionary suggests, is a steadfast supporter who is bound by something, like a vow, or attached to something, like a cause.”
― Thomas A Tweed, Religion: A Very Short Introduction