“Everybody knows that really intimate conversation is only possible between two or three. As soon as there are six or seven, collective language begins to dominate. That is why it is a complete misinterpretation to apply to the Church the words 'Wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.' Christ did not say two hundred, or fifty, or ten. He said two or three.” KnowsSaidTwoTogetherThreeNamesLanguageChristChurchGroupsTenConversationSixHundredSevenIntimateFiftyCollectivesMidstMisinterpretationIntimate Conversation Book:Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals) Source: Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)
“Confronted by a Church that has ceased to manifest God's mercy and intimate connection with humankind - that has converted Christ into a grim and joyless adjunct to the policing of bedrooms and marital intercourse - men and women can no longer see themselves as beloved of God, only as impure and reprehensible.” MenChristChurchMen And WomenConnectionsMercyBelovedIntimateManifestHumankindBedroomIntercourseGrim Author:Uta Ranke-Heinemann
“The vocation and mission of the faithful can only be understood in light of a renewed awareness of the Church as sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God, of the unity of the whole of mankind, and of the personal duty to adhere more closely to her.” WholeLightChurchMankindAwarenessDutyUnderstoodInstrumentsUnionsUnityMissionsFaithfulIntimateSacramentsVocation Author:Pope John Paul II
“Everywhere in the world there are ignorance and prejudice, but the greatest complex of these, with the most extensive prestige and the most intimate entanglement with traditional institutions, is the Roman Catholic Church.” WorldChurchIgnorancePrejudiceCatholicInstitutionsComplexesTraditionalIntimateCatholic ChurchPrestigeRoman CatholicEntanglementRoman Catholic ChurchIgnorance And Prejudice Book:Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church Source: Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church