Catholic Quotes

1306 Catholic quotes by 675 unique authors

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to… — Pope Leo XIII
Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached by Paul and… — Hippolytus of Rome
Why cast yourself over a cliff, deciding in your writings about things of which you are ignorant? Why do you not keep to what you… — Eusebius
Wherefore, by the authority of Apostolic power, We declare inventors of novel notions, which as the Apostle Paul has said are of no edification, but… — Pope Innocent I
I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal… — Patty Griffin
The animal world being altogether external to the scheme of redemption, was regarded as beyond the range of duty, and the belief that we have… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
We saw one school-house in our walk, and listened to the sounds which issued from it; but it appeared like a place where the process,… — Henry David Thoreau
I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school. — Marina Warner
I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot… — Mark Foley
In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic… — Mark Foley
By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that is geared toward… — Mark Foley
My mother always told me if I really didn't wan to do something, if I was really tired, but if I had helped someone and… — Peter Steele
Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my… — James Nesbitt
The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door; and felt the wind that is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I hope my child will be a good Catholic like me. — Madonna Ciccone
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish. — Tom T. Hall
The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church… — D. Elton Trueblood
Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of wild grace. Italianate,… — Bob Dylan
If the Christian church is to move responsibly towards the future, it must restore or renew its ties with its past. Contemporary Catholic and Protestant… — Ronald H. Nash
I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church -… — Paul Kantner
I regret exceedingly that the disputes between the protestants and Roman Catholics should be carried to the serious alarming height mentioned in your letters. Religious… — George Washington
For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not the nuns - was to be the… — George A. Romero

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