The Church Quotes

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

Take away the Mass, destroy the Church.

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

The bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?

The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church

In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about.

Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.

In many ways, the church seems to hate evil more than it loves good or even God.

You can't save souls in an empty church.

It's obvious throughout secular and church history that significant legislation follows only after dramatic action.

if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion.

Life is too short and hell is too hot to just play church.

Both of them were very good and kind - the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.

I'm sick and tired of (only) reading about church history; let's make (some) by the grace of God

Being accepted by the world is the worst thing that can happen to the Church.

What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still shows in how I arrange things. It's always little altars.

I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

Churches come and go, but there has ever been but one religion. The only religion is conscience in action.

We had a church together. We co-founded and co-pastored the ministry, but Randy [White] was really a strong part.

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.' He said that to five out of seven.

God doesn't want you to go to church. He wants you to want to go to church.

We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.

My home base - pop music and the Catholic Church.

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

Church was never intended to be a place where we serve God to the exclusion of meeting with Him.

God has lots of children in the church today; I'm honestly not sure He has many friends.

The first organization structure in the modern West was laid down in the canon law of the Catholic Church eight hundred years ago.

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.

They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine.

I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church.

Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.

In our manner of speech, our plans of living, our dealings with others, our conduct and walk in the church and out of it-all should be done as becomes the gospel (Phil. 1:27).

I just pray. And I'm not very religious at all - I was raised Catholic, but probably haven't gone to church since my Holy Communion, when I was about 6 or 7.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain't at.

This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.

If kids got raped at Denny's as often as they get raped at church it would be illegal to take your kids to Denny's.

Conversion is a very, very important part of what you are doing. We will have a responsibility to report to Heavenly Father regarding those we bring into the Church.

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.

A church that won't listen to the Word of God is a church already lost.