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 teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the...

They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the...

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.

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-...

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...

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

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...

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it...

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, 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...

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I...

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I...

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,...

It has always been difficult to get very close to the spirit of the Sistine...

It has always been difficult to get very close to the spirit of the Sistine...

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...

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,...

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...

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts, and those lies heal.

My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts, and those lies heal.