1130 Church Quotes for You to Enjoy

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments. Robert Rainy

Church Hierarchy Spirit More More And More Doctrine Practically His Provided Influence Holy Holy Spirit Meanwhile

That Britain today is a liberal society is largely because of the philosophy and outlook of the Anglican Church, which did so much to shape our core values in the past few centuries. Robert Winston

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion. Robin Morgan

Women Abortion Church Power Control Birth Birth Control Everywhere Immense Immense Power Carries Directly Catholic Catholic Church Affecting Very Roman Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church Against Stand Lives

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong. Rocco Buttiglione

Saying Church Think Morally Morally Wrong Wrong Support Along Catholic Catholic Church Without Least Whether Right Homosexuality Homosexuals

Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches. Rodney Stark

You Church State Churches Empty Got Wherever

I've been kicked out of every damn church I've ever belonged to. Roger Ailes

Church Every Damn Kicked Out Been Ever Belonged

These opportunities to go on Broadway are the most special thing, and although the idea of doing something for a year or more is daunting, I love it. It's my church and raises my spirit. It's good for my soul. Roger Bart

I think that together the church has learned a lot, and as we know from our own oversight board, the involvement of our wonderful lay leaders has been a real grace. Roger Mahony

Together Wonderful Grace Church Own Think Our Has-Been Lay Leaders Know Involvement Learned Real Been Lot Oversight Board

We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right. Roger Mahony

Life Time People Father Church Priesthood Young Think Religious Religious Life Someone Point He Taking Taking Chances Abuse Himself Said Child Children Young People Room Holy Who Right Chances

I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?' Roger Ross Williams

I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all that it represented belonging, love and community - it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. That experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the power of religion to transform lives or destroy them. Roger Ross Williams

Love Religion Me Gay Experience Church Sunday Power Doors Community Every Every Sunday Gave Destroy Lifelong Also Left Person Transform Them Choir Explore Sang Lives Shut Belonging Desire

When hearing aids were first mentioned, I pictured myself as that old geezer at the back of the church with the whistling ear trumpet, but you can't see these Phonak hearing aids, and people don't realise you've got them in. Roger Taylor

Myself You People Old Church First AIDS Back See Mentioned Got Were Hearing Hearing Aids Trumpet Realise Them Whistling Ear

The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a bad thing, but my point is the political aspect in Ireland was way out of kilter, and it wasn't right. Roisin Murphy

Religion Political Church Long Way Out Bad Per Point Bad Thing Ireland Get Controlled Going Whether Much Aspect Right Thing

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience. Roland Allen

Life Needs Trials Experience People Church Men Understanding Own Living Difficulties Our Touch Sharing Clergy Also Close Personal Personal Experience Ordinary Ordinary Life Ordinary Men Among

I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vinci Code,' and it was very difficult for them, but I talked to them before 'Angels and Demons,' and they said the scandal, abuse of power and violence was part of church history, which you can read about in the Vatican bookstore. Ron Howard

History You Abuse Of Power Church Power Before Difficult Bookstore Scandal About Angels Vatican Part Abuse Talked Read Devout Catholics Said Demons Friends Very Close Close Friends Which Them Who Code Violence

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it. Ronald Blythe

Church Bathroom Fuss Minimum He Goes Explanation Help British

The Catholic Church, though I think it's important that people grow up with moral values, I just always disagreed with their tactics, which I thought were fright tactics, as opposed to sitting down and explaining the situation. Ronnie James Dio

People Church Thought Values Important Situation Down Think Though Moral Moral Values Tactics Catholic Catholic Church Always Opposed Were Up Fright Sitting Just Which Explaining Grow Grow Up

Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign. Rowan Williams

Justice Church Campaign Campaigning Poor Should Christians

The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world. Rowan Williams

People World Church Hunger New Exists New World Connect Level

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician. Roy Blunt

You Money Church Politician Give More Committed Whether Things

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government. Roy Moore

God Government Relationship Church Secular Separation State Church And State Both Purpose Never Over Because Separate Meant

As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord. Russell M. Nelson

You Church Made Member Sacred Lord

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