“Each of us has the choice to attend the church we want to, or none at all. Separation of church and state allows for religions to have their own set of rules as to whom they will accept and who they won't, and the practices they support and the ones they don't. They will continue to be able to do so.” WantStatesAbleChoicesChurchAcceptingPracticeSupportSeparationChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:Pauley Perrette
“The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing His apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God's plan for His Church.” MenReasonChristChurchPracticePlansTeachingExampleAuthorityCatholicFundamentalsSacredConstantScriptureConsistentlyApostlesCatholic ChurchExclusionPriesthoodGod's PlanSacred Scripture Author:Pope Paul VI
“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
“Men had made, we believe, fundamental changes in the doctrines, purposes, and practices of the Pristine Gospel and Church. There had been an apostasy, or a falling away from the true character of Christ's teachings in the centuries which followed the Apostolic age.” MenBelieveMadeCharacterAgePurposeFallChristChurchPracticeTeachingCenturyFundamentalsDoctrinePristineTrue CharacterApostolicApostasy Author:Lowell L. Bennion
“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?” MaySpeakChurchPracticeDeedsPractice What You Preach Author:St. Jerome
“Worship is of fundamental significance to the life of the individual and to the corporate life of the church, yet we rarely hear it taught as a discipline or practice in the gathering of believers.” IndividualChurchPracticeTaughtDisciplineWorshipFundamentalsBelieverCorporateSignificanceGathering Author:Carl Tuttle
“One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.” ChurchPracticeHonorOne DaySixGods WillPreachingInconsistent Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“I condemn polygamy, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal. It is not legal. And this church takes the position that we will abide by the law.” ThinkingLawChurchPracticePositionPolygamy Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.” KnowsTodayChristianSufferingChurchPracticeVolumeCommandments Author:Vance Havner
“Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve that. People enjoy that, it helps them, it strengthens their practice.” PeopleHelpingEnjoyChurchPracticeBuddhismAspectBuddhistTemplesCosmologyRobesIncenseShaved Head Author:Frederick Lenz
“A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world and its relations with the profane world, and by the fact that they translate these common ideas into common practices, is what is called a Church. In all history, we do not find a single religion without a Church.” ThinkingWorldWayIdeasFactsChurchUnitedCommonPracticeMembersRelationRegardSacredTranslateProfane Author:Emile Durkheim
“Parasitism is the only practice of the church; with its ideal of anaemia, its holiness, draining all blood, all love, all hope for life; the beyond as the will to negate every reality; the cross as the mark of recognition for the most subterranean conspiracy that ever existed-against health, beauty, whatever has turned out well, courage, spirit, graciousness of the soul, against life itself.” WellsSoulRealitySpiritChurchPracticeBloodAtheismIdealsCrossesMarkPositive AtheismRecognitionHolinessConspiracyGraciousnessDrainingHealth BeautyAnaemia Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The Bible contains all the extant revelations of God, which He designed to be the rule of faith and practice for his Church; so that nothing can rightfully be imposed on the consciences of men as truth or duty which is not taught directly or by necessary implication in the Holy Scriptures.” MenChurchPracticeTaughtDutyHolyConscienceScriptureRevelationsImplicationsHoly Scriptures Book:SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY. Source: SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY.
“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
“I will fight to the death for one's right to be able to practice in their temple, their mosque, or in their church, even if they have a different belief than I do.” IfsDifferentAbleFightingBeliefChurchPracticeTemplesMosquesDifferent Beliefs Author:Otis Moss III
“Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology classes somewhat reluctantly, assuming that doctrine is neither practical nor relevant to their future ministry.” ChurchClassPracticeStudentsAssumingPracticalsTheologyDoctrineRelevantMinistryUnsureSeminary Author:Kevin Vanhoozer
“Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn't consistent to me.” WantUseGovernmentAgeChurchPracticePercentCatholicEightConsistentFederal GovernmentNinetyContraceptionChildbearingNinety EightPrivate Insurance Author:Nancy Pelosi