Religious
- António de Andrade (1580–1634), Missionary/explorer of Tibet
- António Vieira (1608–1697), Writer, Diplomat and Preacher
- João Ferreira Annes de Almeida (1628–1691), Missionary
- Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos (1907-2005), visionary, involved in the 1917 Fatima events
- Paulus Orosius (385–420), historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine
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Famous quotes containing the word religious:
“All the philosophy, therefore, in the world, and all the religion, which is nothing but a species of philosophy, will never be able to carry us beyond the usual course of experience, or give us measures of conduct and behaviour different from those which are furnished by reflections on common life. No new fact can ever be inferred from the religious hypothesis; no event foreseen or foretold; no reward or punishment expected or dreaded, beyond what is already known by practice and observation.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence, God’s justice, God’s love. The love of God is essentially a thought experience. In the Eastern religions and in mysticism, the love of God is an intense feeling experience of oneness, inseparably linked with the expression of this love in every act of living.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
“The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.”
—Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)