If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth

Quote by Gerald Vann

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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,...

To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be...

To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

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...

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

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

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they...

Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they...

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...

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 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...

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...

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the...

Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the...

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...

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...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

Church isnt where you meet. Church isnt a building. Church is what you do. Church...

Church isnt where you meet. Church isnt a building. Church is what you do. Church...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black,...

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black,...

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so...

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so...

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.