Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Brooke Westcott

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Brooke Westcott

Brooke Foss Westcott was an English bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. He is perhaps most known for co-editing The New Testament in the Original Greek in 1881. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the British Empire.

January 12, 1825 - July 27, 1901
Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.
The character of a generation is moulded by personal character.
Indeed taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no single historic incident better or more variously supported than the Resurrection of Christ. Nothing but the antecedent assumption that it must be false could have suggested the idea of deficiency in the proof of it.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.
The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a person without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God.
What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer for is the test of love. — © Brooke Westcott
What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer for is the test of love.
There is no historic incident better or more variously supported than the resurrection of Christ.
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