“I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.” Has BeensI CanSpiritProgressRelationCatholicJewCollaborationCouncilSincerely Author:Pope Francis
“Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox - a true church with sound fundamental doctrines as well as significant error.” WellsSoundChurchCatholicFundamentalsErrorsSignificantDoctrineOrthodoxCouncilLutherCatholic ChurchRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Norman Geisler
“Indeed, Mr. Jefferson, what could be invented to debase the ancient Christianism, which Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and Christian factions, above all the Catholics, have not fraudulently imposed upon the public? Miracles after miracles have rolled down in torrents, wave succeeding wave in the Catholic church, from the Council of Nicea, and long before, to this day.” LongChristianReligionChurchAtheismSucceedMiracleCatholicAncientWaveGreekThis DayCouncilCatholic ChurchHebrewAtheisticFactions Book:Ye Will Say I Am No Christian Source: Ye Will Say I Am No Christian
“You might get rid of the Bishop and get to the local Ku Klux Klan leader. That, on the whole, has been the fate of certain types of Protestantism. They get under the control of a White Citizens Council while the Catholic Church has an authoritarian system, yes, in which the Bishop expresses the conscience of the whole Christian community and they say there are some things that you can't do on this matter.” Has BeensMatterWholeMightChristianCertainCommunityChurchWhiteLeaderFateTypeCitizensConscienceCatholicLocalsCouncilCatholic ChurchBishopsProtestantismKu Klux KlanChristian Community Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source; where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials; and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.” BelieveBodyAmericaI BelieveChurchReligiousLibertyAcceptingPolicySourceCatholicI Believe InSeparationTreatedOfficialsInstructionPopeCouncilRequestChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateProtestantsPublic PolicySeparation Between Church And StateIndivisibleReligious LibertyPublic OfficialsProfiles In CourageCatholic Religion Author:John F. Kennedy
“For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay in the creation of a united and Protestant British Isles, which could stand alone, ready to resist invaders. Divine providence had set the islands apart from the rest of the world by encircling seas, 'a little world by itself'.” ThinkingWorldLittlesPoliticalUnitedHistorySeaSecurityCreationDivineReadyEnglandCatholicLaysThreatBritishIslandsConspiracyProvidenceCouncilProtestantsStand AloneBritish HistoryInvadersIsleDivine ProvidencePolitical Thinking Author:Susan Brigden
“New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the Councils, and the Fathers have been most careful to reject all novelties or new doctrines on matters of faith which differed from those already received.” Has BeensMatterFatherChurchMoralCatholicCarefulDoctrineRevelationsRejectsSovereignCouncilNovelty Author:Alphonsus Liguori
“Let us remember Paul VI's words: "For the Catholic Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away" (Homily for the closing of the Second Vatican Council, 8 December 1965). Indeed, we are a single human family that is journeying on toward unity, making the most of solidarity and dialogue among peoples in the multiplicity of differences.” HumansRememberDifferencesChurchCatholicUnityStrangerDialogueFar AwaySolidarityCouncilClosingCatholic ChurchDecemberExcludedMultiplicityHuman Family Author:Pope Francis