Catholicism Quotes

334 Catholicism quotes by 168 unique authors

The Government, being resolved to undertake the political and moral purification of our public life, are creating and securing the conditions necessary for a really… — Adolf Hitler
I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker. — Adolf Hitler
Good strong thick stupefying incense-smoke! — Robert Browning
The thing with Catholicism, the same as all religions, is that it teaches what should be, which seems rather incorrect. This is what should be.… — Lenny Bruce
Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. — Thomas B. Macaulay
To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause with the birth… — Mary McCarthy
There's nothing sexier than a lapsed Catholic. — Woody Allen
Catholicism is the tomb of intelligence, of thought, of brain; Protestantism, the tomb of conscience, of feeling, of heart. — Unknown Author
I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a… — Albert Einstein
I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother. — Martin Sheen
Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the… — Origen
As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world,… — Saint Augustine
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to… — Saint Augustine
The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt on the customs… — Saint Augustine
The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty: therefore, if it… — Saint Augustine
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
Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.' From this it… — Saint John Chrysostom
For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things, and most of… — Saint John Chrysostom
For who does not know, or does not advert to the fact, that what was given to the Roman Church by Peter, Prince of the… — Pope Innocent I
It is necessary to obey a Pope in all things as long as he does not go against the universal customs of the Church, but… — Pope Innocent III
It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church. — Peter Canisius
These ceremonies which are used in the administration of the Sacraments, each of which we receive as delivered and entrusted to us through the hands… — Peter Canisius
Our Pastoral solicitude induces us to earnestly protect and preserve in everything and especially in the sacred rites of the Church the best and old… — Pope Clement VIII
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

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