Quote#God & Faith
All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to…
Quote byVirchand Gandhi · 1864–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York (1895).
English (original)
All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.
— Virchand Gandhi
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