Nature Quote by Brandon McCaw

“The teaching authority of the magisterium had been seriously weakened through the obvious difficulties raised for such a concept of authority by the Great…

— Alister E. McGrath

“He shall also judge those who give rise to schisms, who are destitute of the love of God, and who look to their own…

— The Church Fathers

The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the…

— St. Jerome

There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.

— Saint Augustine

Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for…

— Baruch Spinoza

My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism.

— Richard John Neuhaus

“authority of the church. It was created to counter the drift from this important doctrinal foundation by”

— R.C. Sproul

Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What is the…

— Elaine Pagels

And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“Once we have broken free of the prejudices of our own provincially limited ecclesiastical, tribal, or national rendition of the world archetypes, it becomes…

— Joseph Campbell

Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings…

— Ali Sina

Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.

— James E. Faust