“I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.” BelieveLongValuesI BelieveChurchAwarenessInvolvedTasksCatholicMatureExpertise Author:Pope Francis
“I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less than what God wants in the Church.” WantFeelsLongRunningProcessChurchLong RunsParallelsFederation Author:Rowan Williams
“The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.” YearsLongHas BeensSchoolChurchUniversalDimensionsFortyIntroducingBishopsGood School Author:Karl Lehmann
“Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.” FirstsWellsLongAsksChurchWeekSingingPraiseTheeFancyHymnsThanksgiving DayPraise GodDisobeyingPraises To God Author:Charles Kingsley
“There is neither man or woman in this Church who is not on a mission. That mission will last as long as they live, and it is to do good, to promote righteousness, to teach the principles of truth, and to prevail upon themselves and everybody around them to live those principles that they may obtain eternal life” MenMayLongLastsChurchPrinciplesTeachEternalMissionsRighteousnessMissionaryEternal Life Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“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
“It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying, 'This is my camino, this is my path and I'm gonna follow it, regardless of what culture says.' I don't think the church likes chingonas. I don't think the state likes chingonas.! And fathers definitely do not like chingonas. And boyfriends don't like chingonas. But, you know, I remain optimistic. I will meet a man who likes a chingona, one day. One day, my chingon will come.” ThinkingKnowsMenFeelsLongStatesCultureFatherChurchPathOne DayLong TimeLikesOptimisticAspireAlright Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Depend upon it, as long as the church is living so much like the world, we cannot expect our children to be brought into the fold.” WorldChildrenLongChurchDependsOur ChildrenFolds Book:God's Good News Source: God's Good News
“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
“It's just that the churches have been sleeping for a long time. A lot of people argue that the churches are even dead. I don't believe they're dead, but they've been sleeping, but they, I hope, will wake up, and that's one of my tasks is to make sure they wake up as much as they do before I die.” PeopleBelieveLongHas BeensDiesChurchSleepLong TimeTasksWake UpDon't BelieveArguingBefore I Die Author:Cornel West
“[The church's] job is to provide permanent solace and spiritual leadership to the people as a whole, whatever their government at the moment, so long as it stays within the bounds of moral decency.” PeopleLongWholeMomentsGovernmentJobsSpiritualChurchMoralBoundsPermanentDecencySolaceSpiritual Leadership Author:James A. Michener
“The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it was long overdue.” YearsLongHas BeensTwoStatesChurchDemocracyHundredSeparationChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateCornerstonesAmerican DemocracyOverdue Author:Andy Borowitz
“In the reign of the Greek Emperor Justinian , and again in the reign of Phocas , the Bishop of Rome obtained some dominion over the Greek Churches, but of no long continuance. His standing dominion was only over the nations of the Western Empire, represented by Daniel's fourth Beast.” LongNationsChurchStandingWesternGreekBeastEmpiresRomeFourthReignEmperorDominionBishopsContinuanceJustinian Book:Observations Source: Observations
“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