Who Said That?

"Everybody should know that we have for our mission to convert the world--including the inhabitants of the United States--the people of the cities, and the people of the country, the officers of the navy and the marines, commanders of the army, the Legislature, the Senate, the Cabinet, the President, and all!"

Leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no google searches or cheating.  Answer to follow soon.

Update on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 10:26AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from Roman Catholic Archbishop John Hughes (of New York) from the early 1850s.  Hughes is cited by Philip Hamburger in his excellent book, Separation of Church and State (Harvard: 2002), 209.

Comments

[Lloyd I. Cadle]

A person that believes in postmillennialism......This person doesn't realize that this viewpoint is deader than door nail!

[Lloyd I. Cadle]

Jim Reeve of Faith Community church in Covina actually teaches this stuff.

My guess: Jim Reeve.

[Paul L.]

Chuck Colson

[Marshall]

I believe it was a leading Muslim political figure.

[Todd Pruitt]

Definitely a Muslim.

[Neal P.]

Jim Reeve

[Scott]

Tom Cruise!

[Merlin]

I'm going with some Muslim public figure. No idea which one.

[Randy Gill]

James Dobson

["lee n. field"]

Dr. Rushdooney?

[robin]

Any religion that has established a state/city government seems to have a good start on conquering the world in the earthly sense.

I think it's someone in the Roman Church.

We need to appreciate Vatican City and the illustrious history the papacy owns in contributing to taking over the world in/for all the wrong ways and reasons.

IMO, the battle hasn't changed: Law vs. Gospel

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[hb]

Some honcho from CAIR who would deny having said it.

[Wendy]

I agree with Robin. It sounds like a Roman Catholic. The sentiment is the same as Islam, but the phrasing suggests a Christian sect.

[Will]

Bill Hybels

[Lloyd I. Cadle]

The R.C. church teaches keeping the moral law as part of their Gospel. The statement is postmillennialism, which the R.C. church is not.

It also could be one of the TBN guys, as a way to drum up money that they need to take over the world. (Which they enjoy pocketing for themselves.)

Postmillennialism teaches that Christians will take over cities, states, countries and the world for Jesus. They also teach that things will get better and better until Jesus comes. Which, obviously, is false doctrine.