Quotes of: Roman-catholic-church Keyword

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

John Sentamu

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

John Shelby Spong

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.

John Shelby Spong

In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches.

John Shelby Spong

The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.

John Shelby Spong

Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question.

Julius Streicher

Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.

John Templeton

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

Connie Willis

The ordinance of confirming a new member of the Church and bestowing the gift of the Holy Ghost is both simple and profound.

David A. Bednar

I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. I've done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.

Donna Douglas

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

Denis Diderot

I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral.

Joseph Conrad

My wife and I like to go to church if we're in town. On Sundays, I try to be as chill as I can, whether I'm watching golf or barbecuing.

Josh Duhamel

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

Johnnie Dent Jr.

Indeed, no one does more injury in the church than he who acts perversely and yet has the name and order of sanctity.

Jan Hus

I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, 'She sounds like she's grown.'

Jennifer Hudson

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

John Lydon

The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in American culture as a whole, especially in the major elite institutions of society.

Os Guinness

The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing a real strategy that integrates women - but clearly he is baffled as to how to do it.

Janine di Giovanni

I think artists are always investigating how to have an economic, political platform. At one time, artists were supported by the Church. Then they were supported also by the state.

Jeff Koons

The first time I sang in church, when I was ten, the applause was so overwhelming that I started to weep. My mum had to rescue me from the stage.

Laura Mvula