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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

“That is one of the flagrant misconceptions about Catholicism in America that if a man is a Catholic he owes allegiance to what they say a foreign sovereign, or something like that.”

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Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent American theologian whose work on Christian ethics and social ethics had a profound impact on the 20th century. He was a key figure in theological discourse, particularly for his exploration of the nature of sin and the church's role in society. Niebuhr's theological thought has influenced various Christian denominations and has had a lasting effect on political and social thought. more

“Now the ordinary Protestant, Jew or Secularist has a stereotype about Catholicism. It consists of Spanish Catholicism, Latin-American Catholicism and, let us say, a Catholicism of O'Connor's "Great Hurrah." Now there are types of Catholicism like that but this doesn't - this doesn't do justice to the genuine relation that Catholicism has had to Democratic Society.”

Justice Type Ordinary Relation Democratic Jew Genuine Latin Catholicism Stereotype Protestants Democratic Society Latin American

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“Not only in America but in Germany, in France since the war, in Germany after the First World War, the Germany of Adenauer, these are the creative relationships of Catholicism to a free society that the average American doesn't fully appreciate.”

World Firsts War America Creative Appreciate Average France War Of The Worlds Germany Catholicism Free Society First World War Only In America

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“The churches that are most obviously democratic are most obviously given to race prejudice. I mean the churches that have absolute congregational control.”

Mean Given Church Race Prejudice Absolutes Democratic

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, "If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you'd be a true Christian".”

Ifs Kind Said Christian Century Bishops 18th Century Protestantism

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr