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title: "14 Church Teaches Quotes by 14 authors"
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> [Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-p-leahy/clearly-there-are-individuals-who-don-t-understand-what-the-church/)

[William P. Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-p-leahy/)

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> [“If they don't believe what the Church teaches, they're not really Catholic”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-they-don-t-believe-what-the-church-teaches-they-re-not-really/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/clearly-the-person-who-accepts-the-church-as-an-infallible-guide-will/)

[Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/)

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> [If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/if-you-re-a-catholic-you-believe-what-the-church-teaches-and-the/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [The church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/the-church-teaches-us-that-we-can-make-god-happy-by-being-miserable/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-xvi/the-holy-universal-church-teaches-that-it-is-not-possible-to-worship-2/)

[Pope Gregory XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-xvi/)

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> [“The brutal fact is that in this Christian country not one person in a hundred has the faintest notion what the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-brutal-fact-is-that-in-this-christian-country-not-one-person-in-a/)

[Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/)

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> [I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mahony/i-found-out-that-many-of-our-catholics-simply-don-t-know-what-the/)

[Roger Mahony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mahony/)

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> [The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederica-mathewes-green/the-church-is-the-safe-place-to-be-i-can-safely-believe-everything/)

[Frederica Mathewes-Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederica-mathewes-green/)

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> [“Vertical Church teaches its people to judge every circumstance and opportunity in terms of its potential to reveal “the glory of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macdonald/vertical-church-teaches-its-people-to-judge-every-circumstance-and/)

[James MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macdonald/)

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> [The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-i/the-holy-universal-church-teaches-that-it-is-not-possible-to-worship/)

[Pope Gregory I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-i/)

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> [There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-russell-ballard/there-are-conversations-going-on-about-the-church-constantly-those/)

[M. Russell Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-russell-ballard/)

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> [I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-am-convinced-that-if-we-lose-kids-to-the-culture-of-drugs-and/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [“The Romish Church teaches the ordinary Arminian theory of perfectionism. In addition to this error, they teach, (a.) that good works subsequent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-alexander-hodge/the-romish-church-teaches-the-ordinary-arminian-theory-of/)

[Archibald Alexander Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-alexander-hodge/)

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                        "text": "There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot stand on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt to define what our Church teaches... We are living in a world saturated with all kinds of voices. Perhaps now, more than ever, we have a major responsibility as Latter-day Saints to define ourselves, instead of letting others define us.",
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                        "text": "I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we don't dare them, not because we don't entertain them. It's because we make the gospel too easy, not because we make it too difficult. Kids want to do something heroic with their lives, which is why they play video games and join the army. But what do they do with a church that teaches them to tiptoe through life so they can arrive safely at death?",
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                        "text": "“The Romish Church teaches the ordinary Arminian theory of perfectionism. In addition to this error, they teach, (a.) that good works subsequent to baptism merit increase of grace and eternal felicity (Council of Trent, sess vi., ch xvi., can. 24, 32); and (b.) they distinguish between the commands and the counsels of Christ. The former are binding upon all classes of the people, and their observance necessary in order to salvation. The latter, consisting of advice, not of commands — such as celibacy, voluntary poverty, obedience to monastic rule, etc. — are binding only on those who voluntarily assume them, seeking a higher degree of perfection and a more exalted reward. We have already, under chapter xiii., seen that a state of sinless perfection is never attained by Christians in this life; and it, of course, follows that much less is it possible for any to do more than is commanded.”",
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