“Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people who are somewhat cut off from the life of the Church and who have no special understanding of faith. All that is required is to 'illuminate' these actions and 'purify' this tradition so that it may become part of the life of the Church today.” PeopleHeartMayTodayActionMovingUnderstandingChurchPrayerCuttingSpecialTraditionRootedPietyChurch Today Book:Questions and Answers Source: Questions and Answers
“One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest tempters uneasy. But fortunately it is quite invisible to these humans.” HumansMeanChurchSpaceTerribleEternityArmySpreadInvisibleAll TimeAlliesRootedTime And SpaceUneasyBannerScrewtape Letters Book:Paved with Good Intentions: A Demon’s Road Map to Your Soul Source: Paved with Good Intentions: A Demon’s Road Map to Your Soul
“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
“There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive.” LongChurchExistenceFruitSeekingProfessionAtmosphereThriveRootedWorldlyMaintainingBarrenSemblanceSoulless Author:George C. Lorimer
“churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it.” HandsReligionChurchMajorsCapitalismInstitutionsBitesRooted Author:Georgia Harkness