“The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.” HumansUsedChurchCommunicationMembersFundamentalsAddCeaseAcknowledgeFamily MembersDisconnection Author:John Sweeney
“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
“Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.” MayChristianJesusChristChurchElementsJesus ChristFundamentalsRoseGravesRadicalChristian FaithProclamationChristian Church Book:The Gnostic Gospels Source: The Gnostic Gospels
“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
“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
“Today there really aren't that many Fundamentalists left; I don't know if you know that or not, but they are such a minority; there aren't that many Fundamentalists left in America. ... Now the word "fundamentalist" actually comes from a document in the 1920s called the Five Fundamentals of the Faith . And it is a very legalistic, narrow view of Christianity, and when I say there are very few fundamentalists, I mean in the sense that they are all actually called fundamentalist churches, and those would be quite small. There are no large ones.” IfsKnowsMeanWould BeTodayAmericaLeftChurchViewsChristianityFiveFundamentalsMinoritiesDocumentsFundamentalist Author:Rick Warren
“I have been advised that you have decided to move forward with your story without my interview. This, despite the fact confirmed more than three weeks ago that I would make myself available on a date certain (6 July), after you spoke to other relevant Church personnel and toured Church facilities, and that I would provide information annihilating the credibility of your sources including the fundamental crimes against the Scientology religion that were the reasons for their removal from post.” Has BeensReasonFactsStoriesMovingCertainThreeChurchWeekCrimeInformationSourceDecidedFundamentalsIncludingAvailableMoving ForwardDespitePostsInterviewsSpokesRelevantCredibilityFacilityJulyRemovalPersonnelScientology Author:David Miscavige
“Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot, and ought not to be forced. This is a fundamental article of the American creed, without distinction of sect or party. Liberty, both civil and religious, is an American instinct. Such liberty is impossible on the basis of a union of church and state, where the one of necessity restricts or controls the other. It requires a friendly separation, where each power is entirely independent in its own sphere.” StatesChurchReligiousPartyLibertyImpossibleAtheismOughtBasesIndependentFundamentalsUnionsInstinctSeparationDistinctionFriendlyArticlesSpheresCreedsChurch And StateInseparableSects Author:Philip Schaff
“There is a fundamental difference between separation of church and state and denying the spiritual heritage of this country. Inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. are Jefferson's words, 'The God Who gave us life gave us liberty -- can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?'” CountryStatesSpiritualNationsDifferencesChurchLibertyFundamentalsConvictionSeparationSecureHeritageMemorialChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateGift From GodJefferson Memorial Author:Ronald Reagan
“Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox - a true church with sound fundamental doctrines as well as significant error.” WellsSoundChurchCatholicFundamentalsErrorsSignificantDoctrineOrthodoxCouncilLutherCatholic ChurchRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Norman Geisler
“Education belongs pre-eminently to the church ... neutral or lay schools from which religion is excluded are contrary to the fundamental principles of education.” SchoolChurchEducationPrinciplesFundamentalsLaysContraryExcludedFundamental Principles Author:Pope Pius XI
“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
“Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.” ThinkingMightChurchGrowing UpGrowingQuietFundamentalsDancingBritishHymnsFieryJamaicaPentecostal Author:Grace Jones
“If the embodiment of the fundamental idea of our age were to be found in Victorian architecture, in the Church of Cristo Re in Rome or the Church in Brasilia, in Moscow University or the Capitol in Washington, then our age would undoubtedly be called the 'age of kitsch.'” IfsIdeasAgeFoundChurchFundamentalsUniversityArchitectureRomeEmbodimentVictorianMoscowCapitolKitsch Author:Hermann Broch
“Teachings and ideologies subversive to the fundamental principles of this great Republic, which are contrary to the Constitution of the United States, or which are detrimental to the progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be condemned, whether advocated by Republicans or Democrats.” StatesJesusChristChurchUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesProgressTeachingRepublicanJesus ChristConstitutionFundamentalsDemocratSaintContraryIdeologyLatterRepublicSubversiveConstitution Of The United StatesFundamental PrinciplesLatter DaysDetrimentalLatter Day Saints Author:David O. McKay
“[I]t is contrary to the economy of God for any member of the Church, or any one, to receive instruction for those in authority, higher than themselves . . . if any person have a vision or a visitation from a heavenly messenger, it must be for his own benefit and instruction; for the fundamental principles, government, and doctrine of the Church are vested in the keys of the kingdom.” IfsPersonsGovernmentChurchVisionPrinciplesEconomyKeysHigherMembersAuthorityBenefitsFundamentalsContraryKingdomsDoctrineHeavenlyInstructionMessengersFundamental PrinciplesVisitation Author:Sam Smith
“As fanatical as it may sound to fundamental evangelical Christians, the Church is destined to subdue all things and put all things under Christ's feet before He actually literally returns from heaven. Father God said to Jesus, "Sit thou at my right hand until I make all your enemies your footstool.".” MaySaidHandsChristianFatherJesusHeavenSoundChristChurchEnemyFeetReturnAll ThingsFundamentalsDestinedEvangelical Author:Bill Hamon
“Music was fundamental in my family. Sang at bars, all the way to church on Sunday. Music in school, played guitar pulls at the house, go to other people's houses and break out the guitars, it was fun. It was always there, I've just been a part of it.” PeopleWaySchoolHouseFunChurchBreakMy FamilyFundamentalsGuitarBarsSundayBreak OutChurch On SundayMusic In Schools Author:Jamey Johnson
“It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.” IfsMatterChurchEnemySeeingFindingsCatholicFundamentalsIncludingAcceptedCreedsDogmaCatholic ChurchService To OthersReally LivingFinding God Author:Martin Sheen
“The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves.” NeedsImportantHelpingCareFormIndividualSocialChurchPrinciplesSecurityEconomicsOrganizationBasesFundamentalsTake CareWelfareFlawsSocial SecurityMedicareCharitableNeed HelpCharitable Work Author:Mark Skousen
“One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men and women [...] to cooperate generously in the 'missio ad gentes.' As Vatican Council II stressed, the work of evangelization is a fundamental duty incumbent upon the whole People of God.” PeopleMenHas BeensWholeDesireChurchConsciousnessGrowingDutyMen And WomenFundamentalsLaysDecadesAdsMissionaryCouncilRenewalStressedIndicationIncumbents Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices and actions in spiritual matters, so also is he accountable in temporal matters. It is through our own efforts and decisions that we earn our way in this life. While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet. Ultimately, our own actions determine our blessings or lack of them. It is a direct consequence of both agency and accountability.” WaySelfMatterActionSpiritualMovingChoicesIndividualGrowsChurchDecisionEffortLordPrinciplesFeetBlessingConsequenceDirectFundamentalsDetermineGuidesDoctrineThis LifeDramaticAgencySubtleAccountabilitySelf RelianceRelianceFootsteps Author:Marion G. Romney
“The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and example, must be inculcated in the hearts and minds of all Americans if the institutions of our democracy are to be maintained and perpetuated. We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.” IfsMenGivingMindHumansHeartStatesChurchReligiousLibertyDemocracyRightsExampleLessonsWorshipConscienceInstitutionsFundamentalsRecognitionPresidentialHeart And MindTolerationHuman ThoughtUnqualifiedFundamental Rights Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“In mission, also on a continental level, it is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society and the Church; young people, who are the face of the Church's future; women, who play a fundamental role in passing on the faith and who are a daily source of strength in a society that carries this faith forward and renews it.” PeopleImportantPlayFacesYoungChurchLevelsRolesSourceEssentialsFundamentalsRemainsMissionsPassingPassingsCellsCarrieContinentalSource Of StrengthPassing On Author:Pope Francis