Originál: (en) Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book, and I as rarely felt the want of any other. It has been my hourly study; and all my knowledge of the doctrines, and all my acquaintance with the experience and realities of religion, have been derived from the Bible only.
Zdroj: [Testimony of Eminent Witnesses for the Bible: Compiled for the Special Benefit of Young Men, https://books.google.cz/books?id=EmdBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Geo. C. Rand & Avery, New York, 1866, 6, 58, 13, angličtina]
William Wilberforce: Citáty o náboženství
William Wilberforce byl anglický politik. Objevte zajímavé citáty na téma náboženství.
Originál: (en) Let true Christians then, with becoming earnestness, strive in all things to recommend their profession, and to put to silence the vain scoffs of ignorant objectors. Let them boldly assert the cause of Christ in an age when so many, who bear the name of Christians, are ashamed of Him: and let them consider as devolved on Them the important duty of suspending for a while the fall of their country, and, perhaps, of performing a still more extensive service to society at large; not by busy interference in politics, in which it cannot but be confessed there is much uncertainty; but rather by that sure and radical benefit of restoring the influence of Religion, and of raising the standard of morality.
Zdroj: Ibid., s. 496
Originál: (en) Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?
Zdroj: [Wilberforce, William, A practical view of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians, in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity, https://books.google.cz/books?id=W9IHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, T. Cadell, Jr. a W. Davies, London, 1798, 6, 516, 257, angličtina]
Řeč před Dolní sněmovnou z 12. května 1789
Originál: (en) When we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God? Sir, the nature and all the circumstances of this trade are now laid open to us; we can no longer plead ignorance, we can not evade it; it is now an object placed before us, we can not pass it; we may spurn it, we may kick it out of our way, but we can not turn aside so as to avoid seeing it; for it is brought now so directly before our eyes that this House must decide, and must justify to all the world, and to their own consciences, the rectitude of the grounds and principles of their decision.
Zdroj: [Almon, John, Debrett, John, Stockdale, John, XXVI, The parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of Lords and House of Commons: containing an account of the most interesting speeches and motions; accurate copies of all the protests, and of the most remarkable letters and papers; together with the most material evidence, petitions, &c. laid before and offered to the House during the sixth session of the sixteenth Parliament of Great Britan, https://books.google.cz/books?id=LFFTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, J. Debrett, London, 1789, 308, 149, angličtina]