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Church Quotes
"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity."
97
"I think I am the oldest member and have been in good standing longer than any other member of this church."
78
"A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor."
78
"I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones."
59
"In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah."
56
"In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians."
55
"I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it."
50
"Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull."
48
"I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words."
48
"A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints."
47
"Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches."
44
"If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray."
40
"Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open."
37
"The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party."
37
"If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them."
36
"A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday."
35
"In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about."
35
"The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism."
35
"The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London."
34
"I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong."
34
"I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message."
34
"In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance."
33
"May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen."
33
"I was green. All I knew was to walk my dog and go to church."
33
"But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington."
33
"Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves."
33
"I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity."
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