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Frank Sheed

(1897–1981) Writer

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Frank Sheed was a writer.

Quick Facts About Frank Sheed

Born: March 20, 1897
Died: November 20, 1981
Profession: Writer

About Frank Sheed

Catholic lay theologian, apologist, and publisher (1897–1981)... | Francis Joseph Sheed was an Australian-born lawyer, Catholic writer, publisher, speaker, and lay theologian. He and his wife Maisie Ward were the names behind the imprint Sheed & Ward and as forceful public lecturers in the Catholic Evidence Guild.

Quotes by Frank Sheed

“Let us look a little more closely at what is implied by change. It means that the being which is subject to…

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“The less instructed atheist will ask whether God can make a weight so heavy that He cannot lift it, in the happy…

Atheism

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“It is of the very nature of partial seeing that we cannot see all the reconciliation of the parts we see, because…

Belief

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“The Lord has made all things for Himself (Prov.xvi.4): apart from Himself there existed nothing to make them for. He made them…

Altruism

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“Man is a rational animal. But that does not mean that he is a reasonable animal. It means only that he has…

Logic

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“Bernard Shaw phrased the experience very admirably: “When we learn something, it feels at first as if we have lost something.” It…

Habits

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“...we can never attain a maximum love of God with only a minimum knowledge of God”

Catholicism

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“What follows is very simple but revolutionary. If a carpenter makes a chair, he can leave it and the chair will not…

Life

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