Quotes about church
church belief century
That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis. Barbara Tuchman
church england world
The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion Anthony Trollope
church
The Church is the Church only when it exists for others. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
church tasks youth
It is the task of youth not to reshape the church, but rather to listen to the word of God.
church-music modern music-is
Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word. Desiderius Erasmus
church one-day
I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.
church-bells chocolate vat
Like a church bell, a coffin, and a vat of melted chocolate, a supply closet is rarely a comfortable place to hide. Daniel Handler
church-service perfect would-be
The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. C. S. Lewis
church holiness virtue
The health of a church depends not merely on the creed which it professes, not even on the wisdom and holiness of a few great ecclesiastics, but on the faith and virtue of its individual members. Charles Kingsley
church culture missions
Redeeming culture is the never ending mission of the church. Charles Colson
church local-church locals
There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right. Bill Hybels
church world local-church
The local church is the hope of the world.
church stories woe
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either. Brennan Manning
church proud way
Some go to Church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went: One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the Gods; but would have Mortals hear; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They'll find that their Religion has been one. Edward Young
church one-day mankind
Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind. Edmund Burke
church coming complicity faith holocaust horror jewish lead lost occasion pope promised questioned sins terms
The pope has long promised to lead the church in coming to terms with some of its sins on the occasion of the Jubilee. For him, it's the culmination of many years of work, as a pontiff who lost a lot of his Jewish friends during the horror of the Holocaust and questioned the complicity of his own faith as a result.
church aphrodisiac renaissance
(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries. Barbara Kingsolver
church christ form
Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself. Arthur Middleton
church-choir world needs
It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir. Connie Willis
church doctrine separation
When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong. Arlen Specter
church tails scandal
That a mouse of scandal whisks its foolish tail across the church's floor is not sufficient cause for clamorous leaping out of its windows.
church inheritance conviction
There are ten church-members by inheritance for one by conviction.
churches five four learn learned past school sing twelve various within
We have really expanded within the past month. We have around 15 regulars now. We learn new songs, and sing at various churches on Saturdays and Sundays. We have already learned about twelve songs; we will probably learn four or five more before the end of the school year.
church leaving problems shelter terrorists took
We have problems in Bethlehem, ... Terrorists took shelter in the Church of the Nativity. Once they will be leaving ... we will be leaving. Ariel Sharon
church members
We have had a lot of members of the church come.
church population world
Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question. Benjamin Disraeli
church together christianity
We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ourselves together. Christianity is already institutional in the earliest of its documents. The Church is the Bride of Christ. We are members of one another.
church waste wasting-time
If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time.
churchill confronted connection diplomatic emotional incredibly leaders lessons powerful roosevelt terror today tyranny yields
The powerful emotional connection between Roosevelt and Churchill and how they confronted tyranny and terror is an incredibly contemporary story that yields important lessons for leaders today on a personal, political, and diplomatic level. Jon Meacham
church designing easter full great might people room ton wider
The only thing I would do differently is, I might make the great room wider and longer. When we do get a ton of people up here, this room is full - but that's like designing a church for Easter Sunday.
churches earliest election partisan religion seen states true year
I think it is true that this is the earliest in an election year that we've seen so much use of churches and religion for partisan purposes in states like Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Pennsylvania.
churchill margaret
What (Winston) Churchill did in wartime, Margaret Thatcher did in peacetime. Michael Howard
church deal gets since
It is a big deal when a church gets a bell. This church has been here since 1925, and our steeple has never had a bell. David Williamson