“There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.” SocialChurchTendenciesAgencyEthicalUtilityMeasuringYardsticks Author:Karl Lehmann
“I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is not a Church. It is a State conceived as a contractual organism long before Rousseau ever thought of such a thing, and animated by an ethical ideal which regards man not as an earth-rooted creature, defined by this or that portion of the earth, but as a spiritual being understood in terms of a social mechanism, and possessing rights and duties as a living factor in that mechanism.” MenLongStatesEarthSpiritualSocialTermChurchRightsDutyTruth IsCreaturesUnderstoodIdealsRegardIslamFactorsDefinedEthicalMechanismPortionsRootedOrganismsAnimatedPossessingSpiritual BeingsRights And Duties Author:Muhammad Iqbal
“Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their ethical traditions. When churches become cozy with the state, they lose the capacity and the will to criticize unjust policies.” Has BeensStatesLightGovernmentLosesChurchReligiousGroupsPolicyCapacityTraditionPerformancesCriticizeEthicalUnjustCozy Author:Edd Doerr
“The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different from experiences of the every day. The function of the church is rather to teach us how to put religious and ethical qualities into all kinds of experiences.” GivingKindDifferentYoungCertainChurchReligiousQualityTeachFunctionAll KindsSundayEthicalYoung And Old Author:Sophia Lyon Fahs
“Love in truth-caritas in veritate-is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development. Only in charity, illumined by the light of reason and faith, is it possible to pursue development goals that possess a more humane and humanizing value.” PeopleWorldGivingMindHumansReasonLightValuesNationsGoalChallengesChurchRiskDevelopmentBecomingConscienceCharityEnvironmentalPursueOur TimeEthicalSustainabilityInteractionHumaneHuman DevelopmentInterdependenceMatched Book:Charity in Truth Source: Charity in Truth
“The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.” ChurchImportanceSundayCustomsEthicalMaintainingAssembly Author:Felix Adler
“Church, the spiritual power, and the executive power are working today united in a system that confronts people. This alliance or cooperation between the spiritual power and the executive power, between the church and the government, unfortunately takes away the Church's basic mission. It takes away their right to speak on moral or ethical subjects.” PeopleGovernmentTodaySpiritualSpeakChurchUnitedMoralSubjectsMissionsExecutivesEthicalCooperationAlliancesSpiritual PowerExecutive Power Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev