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"The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed to be perpetual."

"The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed to be perpetual."

Charles Hodge, American Theologian

Church, Christ, Earth, Theory

22

"I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved."

"I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved."

Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician

Church, Service

22

"It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there."

"It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there."

Sam Kinison, American Comedian

22

"Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments."

"Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments."

Robert Rainy, Scottish Clergyman

Church, Doctrine, Influence, Spirit

22

"The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious."

"The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious."

Giles Gilbert Scott, English Architect

22

"Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself."

"Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself."

Arthur Middleton, American Politician

Church, Christ, Mission

22

"We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church."

"We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church."

William Brewster, American Pilgrim Leader

Church, Bible, Rules, Running

22

"There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility."

"There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility."

Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

22

"And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest."

"And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest."

Thomas Keneally, Australian Novelist

Church, Duty, Now, Parents

22

"BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community."

"BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

Church, Community, Reform

22

"I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church."

"I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

Church, Hurt, Quiet, Want

22

"I like Church furniture."

"I like Church furniture."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

22

"If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland."

"If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Church, Fighting, Holiness, Service

22

"And what I learned in Church's course. He trained us intensively in his new system, which he was just developing. Two papers were presented. I think the second paper wasn't published until well after the course was finished."

"And what I learned in Church's course. He trained us intensively in his new system, which he was just developing. Two papers were presented. I think the second paper wasn't published until well after the course was finished."

Stephen Cole Kleene, American Mathematician

22

"If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?"

"If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?"

Lemuel K. Washburn, American Author

Church, Churches

22

"In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable."

"In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American Writer

Church, Partnership, State

21

"You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church."

"You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church."

Bill Lee, American Athlete

21

"The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome."

"The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome."

John Foxe, English Writer

Church, First, Persecution, Rome

21

"The Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland will lay all flat if they be not prevented."

"The Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland will lay all flat if they be not prevented."

Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman

Church, Party, Scotland, Will

21

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being."

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Church, Being, Heresy, Philosophy

21

"I find it inconceivable that we're meeting for five and a half days, and there isn't one moment on the agenda to deal with the greatest crisis we've ever had in the church since 1789."

"I find it inconceivable that we're meeting for five and a half days, and there isn't one moment on the agenda to deal with the greatest crisis we've ever had in the church since 1789."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

Church, Crisis, Meeting

21

"The Church's role should be separated from the state's role."

"The Church's role should be separated from the state's role."

Roy Moore, American Judge

20

"You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church."

"You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church."

Art Blakey, American Musician

20

"I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening."

"I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening."

Bill Hybels, American Clergyman

Church, Leaders

20

"There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen."

"There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Church, Absurdity, Care, Want

20

"As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country."

"As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country."

George Edmund Street, English Architect

Church, Churches, Country, Importance

20

"The Church in England is the Church of England."

"The Church in England is the Church of England."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Church, England

20

"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Church, Land, Old

20

"As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it."

"As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it."

Ronald Blythe, British Writer

20

"The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there."

"The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there."

Leigh Hunt, English Poet

20

"I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it."

"I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it."

Lisa Leslie, American Athlete

Church, Being, Listening, Word

20

"Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records."

"Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

Church, Name, Nothing, Surrender

19

"The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down."

"The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

19

"There is no salvation outside the church."

"There is no salvation outside the church."

Aurelius August, Roman Philosopher

Church, Salvation

19

"I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing."

"I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing."

Fantasia Barrino, American Musician

Church, Singing, Song

19

"I left because I decided it just really wasn't for me, and I got a better understanding of what the Catholic Church needed from its priests and ministers."

"I left because I decided it just really wasn't for me, and I got a better understanding of what the Catholic Church needed from its priests and ministers."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

Church, Understanding

18

"For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church."

"For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church."

Maggie Gallagher, American Writer

Church, Blood, Body, Christ

18

"There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected."

"There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected."

Gene Robinson, American Clergyman

Church, Gay, Lesbian

18

"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."

"We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides."

Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

18

"The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it."

"The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it."

Richard Cecil, English Clergyman

18

"I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets."

"I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

18

"I like the aesthetics of the Church."

"I like the aesthetics of the Church."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

Church, Aesthetics

18

"The Church has lived through its early travails and has now come to accept an easier way of life. It is content to carry on its painless program with enough money to pay its bills and a membership large enough to assure its future. Its members now look to it for security rather than for guidance in the battle between good and evil. It has become a school instead of a barracks. Its members are students, not soldiers. They study the experiences of others instead of seeking new experiences of their own."

"The Church has lived through its early travails and has now come to accept an easier way of life. It is content to carry on its painless program with enough money to pay its bills and a membership large enough to assure its future. Its members now look to it for security rather than for guidance in the battle between good and evil. It has become a school instead of a barracks. Its members are students, not soldiers. They study the experiences of others instead of seeking new experiences of their own."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

Church, Faith, Comfort, Discipline

18

"At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers."

"At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

Church, Beginning, End

18

"I'm nervous as a whore in church."

"I'm nervous as a whore in church."

LaWanda Page, American Actress

18

"I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn't find it out for many months."

"I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn't find it out for many months."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

Church, Spiritual, Faith, Warning

18

"My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism."

"My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism."

Richard John Neuhaus, American Writer

Church, Eyes, Open

17

"Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church."

"Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church."

Carl Olson, American Athlete

17

"I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook."

"I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook."

Bernard Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

17

"I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church."

"I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church."

Gene Robinson, American Clergyman

Church, Being, Folk, Gay

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