Church Quote by Thomas Aquinas

One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you…

— Thomas Aquinas

“despite the visible disunity of the church throughout the world, we can rightly attribute unity to the church insofar as it is the same…

— Jason E. Vickers

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.

— William P. Leahy

We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that…

— Anonymous

“All the ancient churches were churches representative of spiritual things; the rites, and also the statutes, according to which their worship was established, consisted…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

“Hence, the unity of Scripture is no minor matter: a fragmented Bible may actually produce theologically orthodox, morally upright, warmly pious idol worshipers!”

— Craig G. Bartholomew

“There is but one way in which the unity of Christians may be fostered, and that is by furthering the return to the one…

— Pope Pius XI

We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.

— Pope Leo XIII

“We do not need to reinvent our faith; we need to get back to the basics of Christianity. Every generation of believers should revisit…

— Winfield Bevins

But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is a treason because it rejects the Divine voice of the…

— Henry Edward Manning

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