Quotes about church
church true-religion multitudes
The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion. Ralph Waldo Emerson
church looks sanctuary
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look,begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!
church-bells blood slavery
If any mention was made of homicide, madness, adultery, and intolerable tortures, we would let the church-bells ring louder, the church-organ swell its peal and drown the hideous sound. The sugar they raised was excellent: nobody tasted blood in it.
church might sermons
Go into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the entire sermon will go.
church way life-is
I don't go to church so much, the way my life is, but it's in me every day. Lenny Kravitz
church authority jealously
The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things. Thomas Aquinas
church needs culture
I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the largest missionary programs in the world. That does not interest me. Terry Tempest Williams
church matter agnostic
The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith. Terry Eagleton
church able attention
What the churches are peddling is high abstraction, and you really have to work yourself up into a lather to be able to accept that as worthy of that kind of attention. The psychedelic subset of society is into an experience, and it's accessible. Terence McKenna
church ministry enabling
I've never known anyone who has fallen into sin and been successfully restored by the formal church structure. Nor have I ever seen a formal church structure wisely deal with sin, enabling ministry to continue without interruption. Ted Haggard
church merit ifs
The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.
church littles too-much
There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel. Lewis Tappan
church paper four
I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays. Len Cariou
church care flesh
Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds to which the weak flesh is subject. Lactantius
church doe mormonism
There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen. Neil LaBute
church offensive merriment
This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive. Samuel Johnson
church whole-truth whole
It takes the whole church to know the whole truth. Rowan Williams
church apologizing opinion
You don't need to apologize for an opinion, but in terms of respect for the church and people's faith lives, Hillary Clinton has that respect, because it's what motivates her. Tim Kaine
church membership sacred
Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership in the Church, as a sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our families. Russell M. Nelson
church development matter
It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of history the development of doctrine has been largely a reaction on the Church's part to the attacks of heresy. Ronald Knox
church late 1960s
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975. Sally Kirkland
church taught sin
I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot of the things that the nuns taught me. Susan Sarandon
church degenerates belief
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. Simone Weil
church speak certain
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. Tony Campolo
church wells knows
Well you say that it's gospel, But I know that it's only church. Tom Waits
church thrive persecution
Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. Robert A. Heinlein
church missions
We as a church don't have a mission. The mission has a Church. Reggie McNeal
church-service people church
Fewer and fewer people are attracted to the church service and more and more people are attracted to the service of the church.
church literature world
And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s. Thomas Keneally
church doctrine should
A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life. Thomas Brooks
church four remember
I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot. Victoria Jackson
church worship amen
When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God really. You're doing it for yourself, because that's what makes God happy. Amen? Victoria Osteen
church politics zeitgeist
No church that panders to the zeitgeist deserves respect, and very shortly it will not get respect, except from those who find it politically useful, and that is less respect than disguised contempt. Robert Bork