The problem is authority. But these Vatican officials seem unable to understand authority except as authoritarianism.

Quote by David Tracy

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Essentially, a church is a community that keeps alive the dangerous memories of its classics.

Essentially, a church is a community that keeps alive the dangerous memories of its classics.

We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church.

We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church.

The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.

The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

The purpose of church is that we might learn to love unconditionally those we wouldn't...

The purpose of church is that we might learn to love unconditionally those we wouldn't...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

The church is near but the road is icy, the bar is far away but...

The church is near but the road is icy, the bar is far away but...

The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for...

The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for...

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

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

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future-...

The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future-...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point...

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point...

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

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