Believe Quote by Roger Mahony

It is not by Christ's ordinance that the Sacrament is reserved, lifted up or worshiped. But because Our Lord did not command such practices,…

— Anonymous

“But to reject, marginalize, trivialize, or be suspicious of the sacraments (and quasi-sacramental acts such as lighting a candle, bowing, washing feet, raising hands…

— N.T. Wright

“If it were not for the Church of Christ there would be nothing to restrain the criminal from evil-doing, no real chastisement for it…

— Anton Chekhov

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

— Saint Augustine

No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance.

— Hugo Black

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…

— Saint Augustine

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

— August Strindberg

The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation…

— Henry James Sumner Maine

The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and disturbers of…

— Pope Leo XIII

Penalizing homosexuals does not save any innocent victims. The idea that God and the Church accept these people while they are celibate; and then…

— Andrew Solomon

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is…

— John Howard

The Church is not an enforcer of rules, but an outpost of grace

— Brian Houston