Quotes of: Roman-catholic-church Keyword

I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.

Hans Kung

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

Abel Ferrara

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

Andres Serrano

That churchgoers do the lion's share of the charitable work in our communities is simply untrue. They get credit for it because they do a better job of tying the good works they do to their creed. But according to a 1998 study, 82% of volunteerism by...

Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

Over the past thirty-five years, untold numbers of gay Christians have turned from God in their "failure" and "inability to please God," who, they were told, could not accept them as a gay person. Some felt so rejected and depressed that they turned ...

Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community

The sound of a church bell at times has more effect than a sermon.

American

A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints.

Italian

The church is near, but the way is icy. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully.

Ukranian

If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, ...

Dustin Lance Black

Some actions are even baser than the people who commit them.

The Devil's Church and Other Stories

Graciousness in serving and being served marks the lives of leaders who have made the largest impact on my life.

Equipping Church, The

I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if you're married. In a church, in a hundred years no one would ask.

Peter Malkin

From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it.

Patricia Heaton

Introverts treasure the close relationships they have stretched so much to make.

Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture

The ones who win usually don't need the prize.

So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore: An Unexpected Journey

In church, the rules of the lifeboat don't apply. Church is the refuge where the Kingdom of God is emulated, not mocked.

Searching for God Knows What

Make your life a prayer. Live your mediation.

Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing in 30 Religions

We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.

Pope Francis

We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples.

John Paul Warren

There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.

Karl Lehmann

Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers.

Max Muller