Quotes about Doctrine

When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it legalism.

We are not Protestants any more—just ''non-Catholics''! Of what and of whom do we protest? Were we half as hot as we think we are, and a tenth as powerful as we say we are, our Christians would be baptized in blood, as well as in water and in fire.

As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.

It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.

To be Catholic is the only way of being fully and utterly Christian.

Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.

The chief modern rival of Christianity is 'liberalism'... at every point, the two movements are in direct opposition.

It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.

A theological articulation can be fruitful in one place at one time but not at that same place at a different time or at a different place at the same time.

No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.

To the corruptions of christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other.