“The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.” MadeFactsFightingChurchNumbersGreaterGrewTruth IsDevilErrorsSaintDemonManifestRefugeTowersPersecutionAssaultIndestructible Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else.” LongChurchPowerfulEnemyTruth IsCatholicCharityDeniedFlocksHeretic Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“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
“For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging to the place of salvation ...Joseph Smith declared that in the year 1820 the Lord revealed to him that all the 'Christian' churches were in error, teaching for commandments the doctrines of men.” MenWorldYearsChristianSpiritualChurchLordDarknessTeachingTruth IsFundamentalsSalvationErrorsDoctrineBelongingCommandmentsVeilsChristian ChurchJoseph SmithSpiritual Darkness Author:Joseph Fielding Smith
“The true church is not made of creeds and forms, nor is it contained in walls of wood and stone; the heart of man is its temple and the Spirit of truth is the one guide into all Truth. When men learn to turn within to the Spirit of truth, who is in each one for his light and inspiration, the differences between the churches of man will be eliminated, and the one church will be recognized.” MenHeartMadeLightInspirationFormSpiritTurnsDifferencesChurchWallTruth IsStonesWoodsGuidesTemplesCreeds Author:Charles Fillmore
“Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated.” StatesChristianChurchPositionTruth IsEssentialsDenialAbandonDeniedHistoricDegeneratesApostasyChristian Truth Author:R. C. Sproul