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title: "7 Church Universal Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [It is necessary to obey a Pope in all things as long as he does not go against the universal customs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/it-is-necessary-to-obey-a-pope-in-all-things-as-long-as-he-does-not/)

[Pope Innocent III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-innocent-iii/)

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> [“the rapture — is just for Christ’s ‘church universal’; in other words, those who belong to Him, regardless of denomination, church attendance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-lahaye/the-rapture-is-just-for-christ-s-church-universal-in-other-words/)

[Tim LaHaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-lahaye/)

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> [There is needed, no doubt, a body of servants (ministerium) of the invisible church, but not officials (officiales), in other words, teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/there-is-needed-no-doubt-a-body-of-servants-ministerium-of-the/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [It's a mistake to expect the laws of the country to reflect the imperatives of the New Testament and the Sermon on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelefa-sanneh/it-s-a-mistake-to-expect-the-laws-of-the-country-to-reflect-the/)

[Kelefa Sanneh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelefa-sanneh/)

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> [ Thus it is that Pope Innocent III states \[De Consuetudine\] that, it is necessary to obey the Pope in all things as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-i/thus-it-is-that-pope-innocent-iii-states-de-consuetudine-that-it-is/)

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

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> [The local church is the outcrop of the church universal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-forsyth/the-local-church-is-the-outcrop-of-the-church-universal/)

[Peter Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-forsyth/)

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> [The National Catholic Register's coverage of the Church universal, and the Church in our own country, is splendid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-m-dolan/the-national-catholic-register-s-coverage-of-the-church-universal-and/)

[Timothy M. Dolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-m-dolan/)

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