Religious
- António de Andrade (1580–1634), Missionary/explorer of Tibet
- António Vieira (1608–1697), Writer, Diplomat and Preacher
- João Ferreira Annes de Almeida (1628–1691), Missionary
- Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos (1907-2005), visionary, involved in the 1917 Fatima events
- Paulus Orosius (385–420), historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine
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Famous quotes containing the word religious:
“When holy and devout religious men
Are at their beads, ‘tis much to draw them thence,
So sweet is zealous contemplation.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The churches ... have lost much of their authority over youth because they have refused to re-examine their religious sanctions and their dogmatic preaching in the light of modern physiology, psychology and sociology.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“All the philosophy, therefore, in the world, and all the religion, which is nothing but a species of philosophy, will never be able to carry us beyond the usual course of experience, or give us measures of conduct and behaviour different from those which are furnished by reflections on common life. No new fact can ever be inferred from the religious hypothesis; no event foreseen or foretold; no reward or punishment expected or dreaded, beyond what is already known by practice and observation.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)