"The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene."

"The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection."

"Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith."

"The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the greatest in the long succession of Jewish prophets. None can acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah without becoming a Christian."

"We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature."

"My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else."

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."

"Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race."