“It was before Vatican II and the liberalization of church doctrine. You weren't meant to eat meat on Friday in deference to Christ, who died on Friday. If you did, you went to hell, . . That way, Hitler would be in hell alongside someone who ate meat on Friday. I thought there was no justice there.” IfsWayWould BeChristChurchJusticeHellDiedDoctrineMeatFridayDeferenceVatican Ii Author:Christopher Durang
“I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church.” JesusChurchNegativeDied Author:LeCrae
“I refused to teach Sunday school. When Archdeacon Henry Phillips, my last rector, died, I flatly refused again to join any church or sign any church creed. From my 30th year on I have increasingly regarded the church as an institution which defended such evils as slavery, color caste, exploitation of labor and war.” YearsWarSchoolLastsEvilChurchTeachColorLaborDiedInstitutionsSlaverySundayCreedsExploitationCastesSunday School Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“And I profess still, that whatsoever the church of England (the church, I say, not every doctor) shall forbid me to say in matterof faith, I shall abstain from saying it, excepting this point, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for my sins. As for other doctrines, I think it unlawful, if the church define them, for any member of the church to contradict them.” IfsThinkingStillsReligionJesusChristChurchSinSonMembersJesus ChristDoctorsEnglandDiedDoctrineUnlawfulChurch Of England Book:The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Source: The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury
“So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.” IfsThinkingBelieveDoeDiesChristChurchFailingAreasCrossesOkayDied Author:Rick Warren
“The difficulty, then, is when you create a church, an institution, and you create a dogma. When you create an ideology, that's the danger. Communism, too, is a beautiful idea, but millions of people died when communism became an ideology.” PeopleIdeasBeautifulChurchMillionsDangerDifficultyDiedInstitutionsIdeologyCommunismDogma Author:Michael Haneke