Immanuel Kant Quotes

Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only fairly recently that the church has had this great divide.

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the strength of the Church depends upon them all alike, yet one among the twelve is chosen so that when a head has been appointed, there may be no occasion for schism.

I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.

The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.

The Church of Christ is constituted in two orders, the clergy and the people, the one having the care of the Church that all may be ruled for the salvation of souls; the other contains kings, princes, and nobles who have to carry on secular government that all things may lead to the peace and unity of the Church.

"The Church of England," I said, seeing that Mr. Inglesant paused, "is no doubt a compromise."

I believe without any doubt that you are the finest generation this Church has ever had.

The church doesn’t have a social strategy, the church is a social strategy.

Does the church have all kinds of problems? You bet, because it's made up of people like me, so I get that part too. But all I need to know about the church is that Jesus picked her.

The Church tries to fit Christ into it, not the Church into Christ.

I tell priests to flee from clericalism because clericalism distances people. May they flee from clericalism and I add: it's a plague in the Church.

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

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race.

Doubts about the fundamentals of the gospel exist in certain churches, I am told, to a large extent. My dear friends, where there is a warm-hearted church, you do not hear of them. I never saw a fly light on a red-hot plate.

It should be recognized that this Church is not a social club. This is the kingdom of God on the earth. It is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Its purpose is to bring salvation and exaltation to both the living and the dead.

What is a church?—Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.

To me, anything that is a church is really just far too close minded.

A high church for the true mediocre.

There will soon be no more priests... They may wait awhile, perhaps a generation or two, dropping off by degrees. A superior breed shall take their place. A new order shall arise and they shall be the priests of man, and every man shall be his own priest.

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.

If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish

I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.

The church is precisely that against which Jesus preached -- and against which he taught his disciples to fight.