Religion
- John Smith (bishop) (died 1479), bishop of Llandaff, 1476–1479
- John Smith (Platonist) (1618–1652), one of the founders of the Cambridge Platonists
- John Smith (Unitarian) (fl. 1648–1727), Unitarian writer
- John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith) (1781–1854), Presiding Patriarch and member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- John Smith (clergyman) (1784–1868), early Restoration Movement leader
- John Smith (missionary) (1790–1824), English missionary in Demerara
- John Smith (Revivalist), (1794-1831), English Methodist minister known as "The Revivalist"
- John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith) (1832–1911), Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- John Henry Smith (1848–1911), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- John Taylor Smith (1860–1938), Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
- John Smith (Archdeacon of Wiltshire) (1933–2000), Anglican priest
- John Mortimer Smith (born 1935), American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- John Smith (evangelist), Australian founder of God's Squad motorcycle club
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins.... It is one step away from protestantism.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“The stallion and his mare,
unbridled, with arrow-pattern,
are worked on.
the blue cloth
before the door
of religion and inspiration....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“I told him that Goldsmith had said,... “As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the taylor, so I take my religion from the priest.” I regretted this loose way of talking. JOHNSON. Sir, he knows nothing; he has made up his mind about nothing.””
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)