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I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.

All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his directions.

In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains.

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

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians.

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church.

The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded by one Spirit. We are all baptized into one Spirit so as to become, says the apostle, on body.

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.