Did Voltaire actually say "If you want to kill Christianity, you must abolish Sunday"?
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There is no doubt the quote is widely attributed to him. Several sources I checked give him credit:
- https://quotefancy.com/quote/929487/Voltaire-If-you-want-to-kill-Christianity-you-must-abolish-Sunday
- "Sunday: The Foundation of Personal and Family Peace." https://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/sunday-the-foundation-of-personal-and-family-peace
- https://www.quotetab.com/quote/by-voltaire/if-you-want-to-kill-christianity-you-must-abolish-sunday
- Warren Wiersbe's Commentary: Old Testament, p. 791. https://books.google.com/books?id=GgLq2LR_cFcC&pg=PA791&lpg=PA791&dq=%22if+you+want+to+kill+christianity...%22&source=bl&ots=NVNALdtNv3&sig=ACfU3U2VO51Yz3rmb1HYTg1MJ_JZ1rHoxA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjul7CzwIXpAhXHB80KHdjtAEQQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22if%20you%20want%20to%20kill%20christianity...%22&f=false
- https://www.quotenova.net/authors/voltaire/qddn79 [Also included are these caveats: "There's evidence to suggest that this quote is attributed to the author, though no official sources or credible evidence could be found or has yet to be added to this page. We're unable to confirm that this quote is completely true and correct. We don't suggest that you cite this quote as fact without conducting your own further research..."
- "Remembering the Lord's Day." http://www.prca.org/resources/publications/pamphlets/item/600-remembering-the-lords-day
- https://www.quotemaster.org/q35e822b3a6bfc912e7e5eff61671d1e0
- "How Should We Keep the Sabbath?" https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/how-should-we-keep-the-sabbath-1144
Some sources are not so sure Voltaire spoke the original:
- https://sermons.faithlife.com/sermons/114716-love-the-joy-of-life-matthew-22d-1
- The Australian Church Record, from November 24, 1927, page 11, column 1 of the pdf, uses the essence of the quote, but does not attribute it to Voltaire. [1927-11-24.pdf, from myrrh.library.moore.edu.au]
I did not find a reference to any of Voltaire's works that may have contained the quote.
Your safest course, it seems to me, is that, in the opinion of many, the quote is Voltaire's; however, the actual source has not yet been verified.
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