#church

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#authority #because #become #church #discipline

I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#ascend #church #descend #devils #doors

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#bible #blocks #church #emancipation #greatest

The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#block #canon #church #emancipation #greatest

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#contemptuous #degrading #degree #last #regard

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light. ↗

— Pope John XXIII

#church #council #daybreak #forerunner #light

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#church #couple #enlightened #ever #felt

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#bed #church #dad #go #kids

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#built #church #community #european #got

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#being #church #disturbing #him #idea