Church And State Quotes
Following religious principles because you fear the consequences isn't faith…. It’s superstition.
Calvi was sobbing. This couldn't be! A moment ago the Pope was healthy, smiling. How could His Holiness be no longer? Only a month into his papacy!
In Gladstone's mature years he lost faith not in God but in the ability of any government or state to act as the agent of God.
He saw the Constitution as the vehicle to keep ecumenical passions in check.
This is not an issue of geography. He IS of two worlds wherever he goes.
We put up a kind of spiritual firewall and make a conscious effort to shut out the headlines, because our (Bible) discussions are meant to be timeless.
When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay
Whenever we use our religion, as individuals, or as groups within the church, to act in tandem with political and economic groups that arrest the voice of truth or destroy others, then we are Judas.
