Arrogance Quote by Mark Shields

“The Church is in the world, it is part of the suffering in the world, and though Christ condemned the disciple who struck off…

— Graham Greene

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

— John Sentamu

One of the most disruptive forces in the Church is arrogance. It is natural for people to bring their pride to Church, and try…

— Dan Schilling

Lord, if I thought you were listening, I'd pray for this above all: that any church set up in your name should remain poor,…

— Philip Pullman

“For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s glory, believes…

— Oscar A. Romero

Sit peacefully in a church and think of church history: witchburning perhaps, or child abuse, genocide, the amassing of disgusting wealth, the repression of…

— Kaz Cooke

“The Church pleaseth it selfe too much which scorns and disdaines other Churches, as unworthy of her Communion, for some weakness in their understanding,…

— John Davenant

When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery…

— Oscar Romero

“As a rule, beaten, tormented, and humiliated children who have never received support from a helping witness later develop a high degree of tolerance…

— Alice Miller

Church of painful love - unfulfilled,unrequited & unattained

— Dan Brown

My beloved church misunderstood me. It preached the corruptibility of humanity when I came to demonstrate its potential for incorruptibility. It propounded the sinfulness…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.]…

— Anthony of Sourozh