“If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' [always, everywhere, and by all], as the sure and certain credential of its own infallibility.” IfsReasonShowsHandsMightCertainChurchMagicProudTestsCatholicLaysAppealsMottoCountingCatholic ChurchInfallibility Author:James G. Frazer
“There are a still lot of people in today's church who can easily identify the idolatry outside the church and are pretty proud of the fact that they are not like them. And yet, we are far too slow to recognize the idolatry inside the church and more painfully, the idolatry inside our hearts.” PeopleHeartStillsFactsTodayChurchProudIdolatry Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“Some go to Church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went: One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the Gods; but would have Mortals hear; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They'll find that their Religion has been one.” WayLooksHas BeensChurchSinProudPrayingGuiltyMortalsOne WayRepentAnother WaySincerelySteers Book:The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life Source: The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life