Quotes About The Spread Of Christianity

#1. We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy has been repeatedly questioned.

Kenneth Scott Latourette

#2. The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

Charles Spurgeon

#3. The gospel is a message of peace. Christianity is a system which, received and obeyed, would spread peace, harmony, and happiness throughout the earth.

Ellen G. White

#4. Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#5. Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved.

Pope Francis

#6. The form of Christianity that developed in Europe and later spread to America and the rest of the world was the last great creation of the ancient pagan world.

Will Durant

#7. Isn't it amazing that, historically, the "Prince of Peace" has most often been introduced to new cultures through extreme violence? European and American colonialists bring this disparity to light in a way that makes me wish that forced conversion didn't work so extraordinarily well.

David G. McAfee

#8. The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.

Carroll Quigley

#9. Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.

Colin Wilson

#10. If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it.

D.R. Silva

#11. The task of the church is twofold: to spread Christianity throughout the world and to make sure that the Christianity she spreads is the pure New Testament kind.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#12. Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any other religion in the history of mankind.

Kenneth Scott Latourette

#13. Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe. Enthusiasts have purveyed it, careerists have pretended to accept it, imbeciles have believed it.

Frederick The Great

#14. Just as America has grown and prospered within the framework of our Constitution, so Christianity has flourished and spread according to the laws set forth in the Bible.

Billy Graham