Church Quote by Simone Weil

“...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with the church as mystery - the Christ-centered,…

— Brennan Manning

I think what we're really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.

— Alan Green

The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.

— Oswald J. Smith

Religion is a superstition that originated in man's mental inability to solve natural phenomena. The Church is an orgainized institution that has always been…

— Emma Goldman

“Christianity is perceived as separated from real spiritual vitality and mystery. It seems like a religion of rules and standards. Surprisingly, the Christian faith…

— David Kinnaman

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this,…

— Pope Francis

Organized religion is the unholy mutation of faith

— Boaz Zippor

Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings…

— Ali Sina

The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our…

— Francis Chan

“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction rooted in…

— Janet O. Hagberg

The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of faith over…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

One can understand nothing of Christ without the mystery of the Trinity, nothing of the Church without faith in the divinity and humanity of…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar