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“The teaching of celibacy was created neither by the Church Fathers nor by the later Church leaders, as most people believe.”

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Book:Celibacy: a Godsend or a Life-Undermining Practice

Source: Celibacy: a Godsend or a Life-Undermining Practice

“It is not difficult to see that if everyone were to follow Paul’s personal example of celibacy, his idea of holiness, and his dream of celibate society, the human race would in no time be wiped off the face of the Earth.”

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Author:Danail Hristov

“The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.”

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Author:Johnnie Dent Jr.

“The Church wishes, for example, to apply Rosmini's invitation to 'hear loftily of God' with worthy liturgical celebrations, stripping the concept of God from the guises, at times ingenuous and caricatural, in which an agrarian and prescientific civilization had dressed it. But it is a hard job. On the right, they shout impiety and sacrilege every time an old ritual is abandoned for a new one. On the left, vice versa, novelty is indiscriminately hailed for the sake of novelty, the whole edifice of the past is merrily dismantled, paintings and statues are sent up to the attic; idolatry and superstition are found everywhere, and it is even said that, to safeguard God's dignity, God must be spoken of in only the most select terms, or there must actually be silence.”

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Book:Illustrissimi: Letters from Pope John Paul I

Source: Illustrissimi: Letters from Pope John Paul I

“Only is a powerful word. It is extreme. It picks a fight. It draws a line in the sand.”

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Book:Limited Church: Unlimited Kingdom: Uniting Church and Family in the Great Commission

Source: Limited Church: Unlimited Kingdom: Uniting Church and Family in the Great Commission