The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“In short, an astonishingly broad spectrum of theologies of justification existed in the later medieval period, encompassing practically every option that had… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
I think people who are horrifically abused as children and then start to repeat the same thing to their own offspring or… — Rupert Wyatt Copy Share Image
“That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Moving from unbelief, to Evangelicalism, and finally home to the Catholic Church, Professor Holly Ordway reveals how a gifted mind, longing for… — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
“The road to Hell is paved with evildoers, they'd tell us. And the evildoers were those who had bad thoughts. We always… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
While we were walking around, we came to the Catholic church, and we saw that some people had set fire to carpets… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
Growing up, Catholic church really was such an incubator for my imagination, because all of those mysteries felt embedded in this insanely… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine - but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
The right-to-life movement and the Roman Catholic Church are saying that it is better to destroy these embryos, or preferably have them… — Mort Kondracke Copy Share Image
“In 1231, Pope Gregory ordered the Dominicans to take charge of papal courts and decisions and so prevent mob rule and guarantee… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
As for the Jews, I am just carrying on with the same policy which the Catholic Church has adopted for fifteen hundred… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Although every organized religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny to the myth of woman-hate, woman-fear, and woman-evil, the… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control… — Hutton Gibson Copy Share Image
I can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Why do we go through all the nonsense with security at our airport? It's not because the Catholic Church is falling apart. — Michael T. Flynn Copy Share Image
The desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think if somebody does something stupid, it's okay to make fun of them, but [celebrities] have also gotten very conscious about… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“Bells and incense!” scoffs the Puritan, but God gave people ears and noses. Are those organs of perception too humble to bring… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
