--- title: "2 Antiquity Quotes By Pope Leo XIII" description: "2 Antiquity quotes by Pope Leo XIII. Plus more from Pope Leo XIII and more Antiquity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/pope-leo-xiii-9226_antiquity_the-sacred-rites-although-not-instituted_1999216.jpg" --- > [The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of Catholic Truth, the oft-sounded expression of it. For that very reason the true Church of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/the-sacred-rites-although-not-instituted-specifically-for-proving-the/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/pope-leo-xiii-9226_antiquity_the-sacred-rites-although-not-instituted_1999216.jpg) > [It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-is-not-the-part-of-prudence-to-neglect-that-which-antiquity-in-its/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/pope-leo-xiii-9226_antiquity_it-is-not-the-part-of-prudence-to-neglec_2243067.png) ## Other authors on Antiquity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-confucius-24951.jpg) Confucius 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/confucius/) ## More by Pope Leo XIII > [It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-must-be-assumed-and-established-as-a-principle-that-the-right-of/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/we-hold-upon-this-earth-the-place-of-god-almighty/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/but-the-supreme-teacher-in-the-church-is-the-roman-pontiff-union-of/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-is-an-in-a-grave-evil-and-a-disturbance-of-the-right-order-for-a/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [God is not only true, but Truth itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/god-is-not-only-true-but-truth-itself/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/books-of-apostates-heretics-schismatics-and-all-other-writers/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/for-when-men-know-they-are-working-on-what-belongs-to-them-they-work/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-is-neither-just-nor-human-so-to-grind-men-down-with-excessive/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [Peace is built on the foundation of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/peace-is-built-on-the-foundation-of-justice/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/we-have-said-that-the-state-must-not-absorb-the-individual-or-the/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/there-are-three-influences-which-appear-to-us-to-have-the-chief-place/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/moreover-christians-are-born-for-combat-whereof-the-greater-the/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/as-our-predecessors-have-many-times-repeated-let-no-man-think-that-he/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/the-first-law-of-history-is-to-dread-uttering-a-falsehood-the-next-is/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) > [It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/it-is-clear-that-the-main-tenet-of-socialism-community-of-goods-must/) [Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/pope-leo-xiii/#itemlist", "name": "2 Antiquity Quotes By Pope Leo XIII", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of Catholic Truth, the oft-sounded expression of it. 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