Church Doctrine, Religious Doctrine Quotes

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.

I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew.

The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them.

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.

My religious point of view is something I can't talk about. It goes against my belief system to talk publicly about my own spiritual beliefs.

The Book of Mormon is chloroform in print.

The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income.

I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not bid me to do so.

Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.

I'm Presbyterian. I mean Seven Day Adventists I don't know about, I just don't know about.

The infallibility and inerrancy of biblical teaching does not, however, guarantee the infallibility and inerrancy of any interpretation or interpreter of that teaching; nor does the recognition of its qualities as the Word of God in any way prejudge the issue as to what Scripture does, in fact, assert. This can be determined only by careful Bible study.

I never agreed with the message of the Catholic Church - and still don't to this day.

God in His law requires the death penalty for homosexuals.

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.

The only really respectable Protestants are the fundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots.

Knowledge and history are the enemies of religion.

I know that the pope's infallible, but that doesn't mean he can't make mistakes.

I abandoned my religious teachings after I read the Bible twice - cover to cover. It took me a couple of years.

We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.

The Church not only prescribes for her children to obey state power regardless of the convictions and faith of its bearers, but also prays for it.

It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is a sort of affection for certain rituals, and an authenticity to the presentation of those rituals, in 'Mea Maxima Culpa.'

Whoever teaches differently from what I have taught, … condemns God and must remain a child of hell.

If someone dies as a child, they go to heaven. But, as an adult, he made a choice of accepting Christianity, so, that's not apostacy. If he was a Muslim as an adult, then changed, that would be apostacy.

Science is true, whether you believe it or not.

The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.