On the History of Early Christianity Quotes

“The legend that Christianity arose ready-made from Judaism and, starting from Palestine, conquered the world with its dogma already defined in the main and its morals, has been untenable since Bruno Bauer; it can continue to vegetate only in the theological faculties and among those people who wish 'to keep the religion alive for the people' even at the expense of science.”
― Friedrich Engels, On the History of Early Christianity

“The legend that Christianity arose ready-made from Judaism and, starting from Palestine. conquered the world with its dogma already defined in the main and its morals, has been untenable since Bruno Bauer; it can continue to vegetate only in the theological faculties and among those people who wish 'to keep the religion alive for the people' even at the expense of science.”
― Friedrich Engels, On the History of Early Christianity