A History of Christianity Quotes

“One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”
― Joseph Early, A History of Christianity: An Introductory Survey

“A man’s free choice avails only to lead him to sin, if the way of truth be hidden from him.”
― Joseph Early, A History of Christianity: An Introductory Survey

“The more we are hewn down by you, the more numerous do we become. The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.”
― Joseph Early, A History of Christianity: An Introductory Survey