John Chrysostom Quotes

The Church should not be confused with religion.

The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.

I was raised in the church.

I was born and raised Catholic.

There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

My family is very religious.

The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.

People aren't religious because it's easy not to be. Like anything, it's habitual, and once it's a habit it's no longer hard.

Christianity is the most materialistic of all great religions.

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.

The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible is the religion of Christ's church.

I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

The moment religion organizes into a specific creed it becomes a political force. From Moses down to Brigham Young, every creed-founder has been a Statebuilder.

Faith feels itself secure neither with universal consent, nor with tradition, nor with authority. It seeks support of its enemy, reason.

The Bible states it. It must be so.

Men do not obey him by virtue of tradition or statute, but because they believe in him.

As for my religion, I worship Jesus.

There has never been a moment when faith hasn't been an important part of my life. There have been moments when I've been more alive in my faith than others. There have been times when I've been more involved in my faith, dedicating more to it, and giving it more importance.

I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me to rationalize the importance of church in my life with the beliefs that it required that were at odds with modern science.

All theological lore is growing distasteful to me. All my recent excursions into such fields proves it to be a shifting, hypothetical, doubt-fostering, dusty, and unprofitable study.

Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.

I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the need people have for religion.

I strongly believe in God. I go to church every Sunday, and if I happen to miss it, then I make up for the loss by going for it during the week. Whenever I spend time in the church, my mind is at peace.