Quote#God & Faith
Glancing along the pathway of the Church, from Luther's day until…
Quote byCharles Taze Russell · 1852–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vol. III: Thy Kingdom Come (1891), p. 112..
English (original)
Glancing along the pathway of the Church, from Luther's day until now, we can see that, step by step, reform of cleansing has progressed; for each set of reformers, as soon as they accomplished their own little item of cleansing, stopped and joined the others, in opposition to all further reform or cleansing.
— Charles Taze Russell
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