“Wherever God is adored, he is adored in virtue of a supernatural doctrine; wherever he is despised, he is despised in the name of nature and reason.” ReasonNamesVirtueDoctrineDespised Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“The intercourse between man and God reposes upon truths of another order than that of reason, upon a light different and more elevated than that which naturally enlightens created intelligences.” MenDifferentReasonLightOrderEnlighteningIntercourseRepose Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.” HumansReasonChurchRaceLibertyRightsLipsHuman RaceThreatenedShipwreckInalienable Rights Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“You saw me vacillating between error and truth, loving them equally because unable to distinguish the one from the other; the hour marked out by God for my enlightenment has come: He has shown me the powerlessness of reason, and the necessity of faith.” ReasonHoursSawsEnlightenmentErrorsPowerlessness Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
