Sublime

St Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits, who went so far as to proclaim that he would have counted it a cause for pride had he been of Jewish extraction.

if we believe terrorists are beyond redemption, we can rip out half of our New Testament, since it was written by a converted terrorist who became an extremist for grace.

Quant à Moïse, il est considéré être, avant même Zoroastre, le premier fondateur connu et nommé d’une religion.

That would be the triumph of what might be called a Christianity without God.

I came to a clear conclusion: by and large, early Christians were weird and were dangerous to many, and yet clearly some found this religion attractive and compelling.

Embracing True Christianity

Justin Martyr found the similarities between Christian and Pagan rites of baptism deeply disturbing. He resorted once again-to the 'diabolical mimicry' argument. Evil demons, he claimed, had instigated a parody of Christian baptism in Pagan rites.

“Spain is not pleasing,” wrote Europe’s leading intellectual, Desiderius Erasmus in 1517, because it is full of Jews.