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“The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could be - the more traditional view of the solar system still prevailed even among leading scientists. So it's hardly surprising that Galileo's Catholic judges had difficult accepting his views, especially when they saw themselves as defending scientific orthodoxy and were supported in this by the scientific establishment.”

Stills Reality Difficult Views Accepting Saws Judging Scientist Catholic Accepted Circles Traditional Establishment Surprising Orthodoxy Solar System

Author:Michael Coren

“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price of an episcopal vote; and the condemnation of the Alexandrian primate was artfully represented as the only measure which could restore the peace and union of the catholic church.”

Church Liberty History Vote Catholic Unions Corruption Accepted Honour Symptoms Catholic Church Condemnation Roman Empire Infallible Immunity Primates

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“If the bishops are saying that it is divine revelation that seven percent of unemployment is morally unacceptable and that that is a teaching which must as a matter of faith be accepted by all Catholics, I respectfully dissent.”

Teaching Divine Catholic Seven Accepted Revelations Dissent

Author:Bruce Babbitt

“I think that the authority of Scripture must be accepted by Catholics and Protestants, and that if our doctrinal judgments are not measured by Scripture, then we'll be found lacking, since Scripture communicates divine revelation to us.”

Thinking Divine Authority Judgment Catholic Communicate Accepted Scripture Revelations

Author:Matthew Levering

“It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.”

Ifs Matter Church Enemy Seeing Findings Catholic Fundamentals Including Accepted Creeds Dogma Catholic Church Service To Others Really Living Finding God

Author:Martin Sheen

“The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope says so and it will be dismissed without further examination. But preface your remark with "I think I heard somewhere," or, try but fail to remember the name of some professor who might have said "such-and-such," and it will be immediately accepted as an unshakable fact.”

Thinking Trying Mind Said Facts Might Remember Names Accepting Failing Heard Modern Authority Catholic Accepted Professors Pope Remarks Examination Unshakable

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“There are many examples of this mistaken idea of freedom, such as the elimination of human life by legalized or generally accepted abortion.”

Humans Ideas Example Catholic Accepted Human Life Abortion Mistaken Elimination

Author:Pope John Paul II

“When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.”

Has Beens Lying Air Catholic Accepted Novelty

Author:Clement of Alexandria