Church Quote by Franz Grillparzer

Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus…

— Shane Claiborne

Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In many cases, everything that once constituted a traditional worship service disappeared altogether, giving way to rock-concert formats and everything else the church could…

— John MacArthur

To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you consecrate a…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough…

— John Steinbeck

The Public Theater requires one to be very public, and writing requires one to be very private.

— George C. Wolfe

Sadly, a lot of our traditions are fading away and theatre can be a great tool to ensure that it doesn't happen.

— Himani Shivpuri

For me, theater will always be very, very much alive, but not necessarily in the theatrical tradition.

— Robert Lepage

I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.

— Danielle Brooks

I don't see the theater as an establishment. The National Theatre has always seemed to me a people's theater. It was never meant to…

— David Hare

The Church can't be a religious theater where paid men perform for the religious amusement of the people who pay them.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally…

— Pope Benedict XVI