When asked which person left the most permanent impression on history, H.G. Wells replied that judging a person’s greatness by historical standards: “By this test, Jesus stands first.”

“I am a historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.”

--H.G. Wells, British writer, 1866-1946