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We're Catholics before we're Democrats. We're Catholics before we're Republicans. We're even Catholics before we're Americans, because we know that God has… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image
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We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
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“[T]he great decided effective Majority is now for the Republic," he told Jefferson in late October 1792, but whether it would endure… — Melanie Randolph Miller Copy Share Image
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Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
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