The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955) — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Woman was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Time, like a preacher in the days of the Puritans, turned the hour-glass on his high pulpit, the church belfry. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The early church didn’t say, ‘Look what the world is coming to!’ They said, ‘Look what has come into the world’! — Carl F. H. Henry Copy Share Image
It's a matter of each of the two churches being very deeply enculturated in its own setting and having difficulty understand the… — Justo L. Gonzalez Copy Share Image
If the world is turning, even the church can't stop it; if it isn't turning, nobody can go out and make it… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples… — Edvard Grieg Copy Share Image
We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery.… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
If the Church has no the authority to tell its members that they may not engage in homosexual practices, then it has… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If one's careful study of the facts shows that the Catholic Church is correct about Jesus-his life, teachings, death, and Resurrection-then why… — Carl E. Olson Copy Share Image
Both church and state claiming to be of divine origin have assumed divine right of man over woman; while church and state… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
You know the AME Church has a history of empowering black people and having an international outlook. So it was the women… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be engaging our people much… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The true makes of history are the spiritual men whom the world knew not, the unregarded agents of the creative action of… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I am a Protestant. I am a communicant at the Church of the Holy Family, an Episcopal church in Chapel Hill, North… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
We need to become a more welcoming church, one that reaches out more to those who have walked away or who aren't… — Chris Lowney Copy Share Image
The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk. — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
After my father died, we went to church for a long time every day, and then every other day during the summer. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Stay in church, stay in prayer, stay in the Word, and stay in fellowship with other believers.” — Nancy Alcorn Copy Share Image
I actually go to church. I know it's hard for you to believe. It's only because you know that Jesus on the… — Paul Provenza Copy Share Image
Today's Catholic church seems to reward authoritarian personalities who are clearly ill, violent, sexually obsessed and unable to remember the past. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
We will become mightier and more powerful in our own right in direct proportion to the service and contribution we make to… — Henry D. Moyle Copy Share Image
The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine. — Matthew Carter Copy Share Image
No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages. — Richard Lederer Copy Share Image
