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Ecclesiastical Quotes

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust Picture Quote #1

God’s grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers Picture Quote #1

Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption Picture Quote #1

Morals consist of political morals, commercial morals, ecclesiastical morals, and morals Picture Quote #1

The ideal of progress, freedom of thought, and the decline of ecclesiastical power go together Picture Quote #1

Avoid kneeling in unheated stone churches. Ecclesiastical dampness causes prematurely grey hair Picture Quote #1

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Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance Picture Quote #1

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves Picture Quote #1

We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that’s wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways Picture Quote #1

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism Picture Quote #1

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge Picture Quote #1

The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short Picture Quote #1

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It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject Picture Quote #1

Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical Picture Quote #1

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects Picture Quote #1

Sins are indispensable to every society organized on an ecclesiastical basis; they are the only reliable weapons of power; the priest lives upon sins; it is necessary to him that there be sinning Picture Quote #1

I will not be influenced, governed, or controlled, in my temporal interests by any ecclesiastical authority or pretended revelation whatever, contrary to my own judgment Picture Quote #1

God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one of which is called civil, the other ecclesiastical government Picture Quote #1

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Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt and brutal Picture Quote #1

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined Picture Quote #1

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Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust (Ecclesiastical Quotes) God’s grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Morals consist of political morals, commercial morals, ecclesiastical morals, and morals (Ecclesiastical Quotes) The ideal of progress, freedom of thought, and the decline of ecclesiastical power go together (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Avoid kneeling in unheated stone churches. Ecclesiastical dampness causes prematurely grey hair (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves. (Ecclesiastical Quotes) We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that’s wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways. (Ecclesiastical Quotes) The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism ... (Ecclesiastical Quotes) The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge (Ecclesiastical Quotes) The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short (Ecclesiastical Quotes) It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Sins are indispensable to every society organized on an ecclesiastical basis; they are the only reliable weapons of power; the priest lives upon sins; it is necessary to him that there be sinning (Ecclesiastical Quotes) I will not be influenced, governed, or controlled, in my temporal interests by any ecclesiastical authority or pretended revelation whatever, contrary to my own judgment (Ecclesiastical Quotes) God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one of which is called civil, the other ecclesiastical government (Ecclesiastical Quotes) Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt and brutal (Ecclesiastical Quotes) In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined (Ecclesiastical Quotes)