Eastern Orthodox Churches

Famous quotes containing the words eastern, orthodox and/or churches:

    “The eastern light our spires touch at morning,
    The light that slants upon our western doors at evening,
    The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight,
    Moon light and star light, owl and moth light,
    Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade.
    O Light Invisible, we worship Thee!”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “All orthodox opinion—that is, today, “revolutionary” opinion either of the pure or the impure variety—is anti-man.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “The law of God is a law of change, and ... when the Churches set themselves against change as such, they are setting themselves against the law of God.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)