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> [The universal Church of the faithful is one outside of which none is saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/the-universal-church-of-the-faithful-is-one-outside-of-which-none-is/)

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

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## More by Pope Innocent III

> [It is necessary to obey a Pope in all things as long as he does not go against the universal customs of the Church,…](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/)

> [So much must I live for others, that almost I am a stranger to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/so-much-must-i-live-for-others-that-almost-i-am-a-stranger-to-myself/)

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

> [God forbid that all children, of whom daily so great a multitude die, would perish, but that also for these, the merciful God, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/god-forbid-that-all-children-of-whom-daily-so-great-a-multitude-die/)

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

> [ This \[Magna Carta\] has been forced from the King. It constitutes an insult to the Holy See, a serious weakening of the royal power,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/this-magna-carta-has-been-forced-from-the-king-it-constitutes-an/)

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

> [Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/every-cleric-must-obey-the-pope-even-if-he-commands-what-is-evil-for/)

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

> [Not to oppose erroneous doctrine is to approve of it, and not to defend at all true doctrine is to suppress it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/not-to-oppose-erroneous-doctrine-is-to-approve-of-it-and-not-to/)

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

> [The Pope should not flatter himself about his power nor should he rashly glory in his honor and high estate, because the less he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/the-pope-should-not-flatter-himself-about-his-power-nor-should-he/)

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

> [The universal Church of the faithful is one outside of which none is saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/the-universal-church-of-the-faithful-is-one-outside-of-which-none-is/)

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

> [If it shall be necessary, through sentences of excommunication against their persons and of interdict against their lands, all backsliding being put an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/if-it-shall-be-necessary-through-sentences-of-excommunication-against/)

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

> [ The mysteries of the faith are not to \[be\] explained rashly to anyone. Usually in fact, they cannot be understood by everyone but only… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/the-mysteries-of-the-faith-are-not-to-be-explained-rashly-to-anyone/)

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

> [By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/by-heart-we-believe-and-by-mouth-confess-the-one-church-not-of/)

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

> [ We believe that the Greeks have been punished through \[the Crusades\] by the just judgement of God: these Greeks who have striven to rend… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/we-believe-that-the-greeks-have-been-punished-through-the-crusades-by/)

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

> [Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/anyone-who-attempts-to-construe-a-personal-view-of-god-which/)

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

> [Crucifiers of Christ ought to be held in continual subjection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/crucifiers-of-christ-ought-to-be-held-in-continual-subjection/)

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

> [The Jews' guilt of the crucifixion of Jesus consigned them to perpetual servitude, and, like Cain, they are to be wanderers and fugitives. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-innocent-iii/the-jews-guilt-of-the-crucifixion-of-jesus-consigned-them-to/)

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

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