#rot

Protestantism developed its sense of identity primarily in response to external threats and criticisms rather than as a result of shared beliefs. In one sense, the idea of "Protestantism" can be seen as the creation of its opponents rather than of its supporters. ↗

— Alister E. McGrath

#protestantism #religion #religion

The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#brotherhood #church #complete #each #every

I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real than the real? ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#before #book #did #feel #go

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#grotesque #how #i #i wonder #just

The coolest thing, and I have it at home, is a huge Hulk Hogan, normal-sized pinball machine. When people come over they play it for hours. When you hit the bumpers and the bells ring it goes, 'Oh yeah!' The whole time you're playing this machine it's yelling and screaming at you, 'What you gonna do, brother?!' I think that's the coolest. ↗

— Hulk Hogan

#brother #come #coolest #coolest thing #goes

I've always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that he's the generation he least appeals to is his own and I think in many ways he was born middle-aged and that's become apparent in recent years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#always #apparent #appeals #become #born

In 1997, the National Bankruptcy Review Commission recommended that chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that contains bankruptcy protection for family farmers, be made permanent. ↗

— Tim Holden

#chapter #code #commission #contains #family

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#born #child #concerned #first #good

I grew up on a dirt road with brothers. ↗

— Josh Holloway

#dirt #grew #i #road #up

I have three brothers and they're all into computers. They're all intellects. My mother would pay me a quarter a page to read a book and I couldn't make 50 cents. I just couldn't do it. ↗

— Josh Holloway

#brothers #cents #computers #i #intellects