“Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation of the choice of the Latin church to connect celibacy to ordained priesthood.” ChoicesFatherChurchPracticeElementsMarriedCarefulVariousPriestsLatinOfferingEasternPriesthoodEvaluationCelibacy Author:Angelo Scola
“Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.” MayChristianJesusChristChurchElementsJesus ChristFundamentalsRoseGravesRadicalChristian FaithProclamationChristian Church Book:The Gnostic Gospels Source: The Gnostic Gospels
“The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is in the form of cathedrals and palaces that Church and State speak and impose silence on the multitudes.” StatesFormSpeakChurchSilenceAuthorityElementsLogicRaisedArchitectureMultitudesMajestyPalacesMonumentChurch And StateCathedralsDamsShady Author:Georges Bataille
“Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the soul of the nation and the dominant trait of character of the Portuguese people.” PeopleSoulCharacterNationsBornChurchElementsShadowCatholicTraitsDominantCatholic ChurchPortugalPortuguese Author:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
“I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.” ChurchChristianityAtheismHugeElementsBasesPositive AtheismBeliever Author:Bill Gates
“All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.” ShouldCountryStatesLawPoliticalEnergyFeltCausesChurchLibertyPrinciplesLimitsElementsConstitutionCatholicAffairScaryActiveAdministrationFixedLegislationPenetrateVigilanceUsagePolitical Life Author:Pope Leo XIII
“The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.” ChallengesChurchElementsNegativeMaterialismIndividualismSuperstitionsRuggedHedonismUtilitarianismRugged Individualism Author:Francis Arinze
“If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.” IfsImportantWarStatesFeelingsPeaceParentChurchWorkFamilyPracticeMeditationSocietyReturnElementsPerceptionHarmonyOur FamilyOur Society Book:Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition