#catholicism

I’ve often wondered why the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, rather than in Poland. Then I realize that Luther had to nail his 95 theses to the church door, and the Poles didn’t know how to operate a hammer. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#church #germany #hammer #lutheran #martin-luther

If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. ↗

— Brian Eno

#certain #certainly #cultivate #grow #grow up

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#buddhist #catholicism #closer #committed #disillusioned

My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#believe #catholic #catholicism #church #episcopal

Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle sex in order to work in hospitals for the relief of human misery, the sight of which is so revolting to our delicacy. Peoples separated from the Roman religion have imitated but imperfectly so generous a charity. ↗

— Voltaire

#charity #sacrifice #beauty

In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#australia #back #catholicism #come #company

The Catholic Church made a serious mistake when they started caring about how many people are in the pews. ↗

— Michel Templet

#philosphy #religion #religion

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#between #catholicism #church #conscience #faith

Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet! ↗

— Giovannino Guareschi

#don-camillo #humour #italy #priesthood #catholicism

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. ↗

— Matthew Kelly

#rediscover-catholicism #catholicism