“The fact that God knows everything does not mean that He is directly causing everything. He respects our freedom at our level. He makes it possible for us to act freely. If He didn't, we wouldn't act at all - we wouldn't be at all.” IfsKnowsMeanDoeFactsLevelsGod KnowsGod Knows Everything Author:Francis George
“The Church is our Mother, which means it is an internal voice. It is not a set of external rules. That's what isn't understood about Catholicism in this Protestant culture. It means that your conscience is formed by the Church, but in the end you're responsible for your own activities.” MeanEndsMotherCultureVoiceChurchActivityUnderstoodConscienceResponsibleInternalsCatholicismProtestants Author:Francis George
“In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled on its own terms. It can't be handled as you go out of that and go back into natural institutions or natural law or divine revelation. Something outside of the system has to tell you the system has gone wrong.” MeanCountryLawTermNaturalGoneDivineInstitutionsConservativeOur CountryTensionRevelationsNatural LawDivine Revelation Author:Francis George
“Interest in religion is not necessarily interest in God. Religion in public life means a set of ideas, an ideology that has certain positions. Religion is then one more ideology among others. Religion is about God. Religion begins with a relationship to God, not a relationship to an idea. It is God who is an actor, not just individuals who have certain beliefs who are actors. God is an actor.” MeanIdeasCertainActorsIndividualBeliefInterestPositionIdeologyPublic LifeLife Means Author:Francis George
