Apostolic Quotes

49 quotes by 36 authors

Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
If Jesus has become your hope, communicate this to others with your joy and your spiritual, apostolic and social engagement. Let Christ dwell within you,… — Pope Benedict XVI
Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result of… — Pope Benedict XVI
The fields are still ripe for harvesting (cf. Jn 4:35); God continues to give the growth (cf. 1 Cor 3:6). We can and must believe,… — Pope Benedict XVI
While conscious of the challenges you face, I encourage you to follow faithfully in the footsteps of your founders, and to stir into flame the… — Pope Benedict XVI
An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity. — Anthony Mary Claret
What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down… — Saint Augustine
The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as superfluous,… — Saint Augustine
The Church is built on the rock of Peter, and he who eats the Lamb outside this holy dwelling is reprobate .. .He who eats… — Pope Pius IX
By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which we… — Pope Innocent III
The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be observed… — St. Jerome
That rule must be absolutely observed which states that, except for the most serious reasons and with the Apostolic See, no innovations are to be… — Pope Gregory XVI
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn… — Pope Leo XIII
It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic… — Pope Leo XIII
If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last portion that which… — Pope Martin I
Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies of non-Catholics which aim to associate… — Pope Pius X
One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical… — F. F. Bruce
We are compelled, our faith urging us, to believe and to holdâ€”and we do firmly believe and simply confessâ€”that there is one holy Catholic and… — Pope Boniface VIII
Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in their footsteps, Africans are… — Pope Benedict XVI

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