[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
“In the Orthodox Church, we don't go for partial immersion; no sprinkling, no forehead dabbing for us. In order to be reborn,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Lots of Orthodox go to church every Sunday but don't know much about the faith. Yet they know that there is something… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
“The train resembles the Soviet type and is quite comfortable, but all socialist structures I have ever encountered have toilets stemming from… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“The reason my husband and I became Orthodox was that our mainline denomination was energetically revising its theology; church leaders were teaching… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
What's really neat about the Orthodox church is that it's like walking back in time 2,000 years to the time of the… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
“In the Russian Orthodox Church there is the concept of the Holy Fool. It means someone who is a fool to the… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
“Julian recognized that the strength of the orthodox Church rested to a great extent on the imperial discrimination in its favour. According… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need, and therefore,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“According to the World Monuments Fund, “The present state of the church is worrying. Many roof timbers are rotting, and have not… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Liberal churches don’t regard it as “God’s Word” in any definitive way. They feel free to reject aspects of it if they… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
When I walk into an Orthodox Church... one is immediately aware that one has stepped into the presence of what St. Paul… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“It was mainly developed as a political device to help build the power of the orthodox church and to help overcome the… — Dolores Cannon Copy Share Image
We have the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church talking about how gay marriage is a sign of the apocalypse, or Russian… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
We have to separate here the church in its broad sense. We have Catholics, Protestants, Eastern Orthodox churches. The Catholic church is… — Manfred Gerstenfeld Copy Share Image
The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“The eschatological impulse, a reflection (or distortion) of the Orthodox Church, was recognizably at work among Russian revolutionaries, notably Belinsky and Bakunin.… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“Inevitably came the time when he angrily repudiated his former paladin Yasser Arafat. In fact, he described him to me as 'the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image