He who is near the Church is often far from God.
Churches
Quotations by French Proverb
Quotes :
- Eduardo J. Berenguer – church "When the Church is criticized, it complains that it is being persecuted. But when the Church itself persecutes, it claims its actions in defense of the faith. Socrates Villegas should be reminded of the vicious persecutions that the Catholic Church had committed in the past: the burning of heretics and witches, the persecutions of the Jews, the murder of the Cathars and the Huguenots, the…
- "The Church recruited people who had been… "The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed." - John Wesley
- "I remember in Gozo villagers used to say one… "I remember in Gozo villagers used to say one should have three altars: the Church, the word of God and the matrimonial bed. That showed there was no separation between the physical and the spiritual" - Father Mark Montebello
- "That I am not a member of any Christian… "That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular." - Abraham Lincoln