#catholicism

For a Catholic understanding of the faith there is no reason why the basic concern of Evangelical Christianity as it comes to expression in the three “only's” should have no place in the Catholic Church. Accepted as basic and ultimate formulas of Christianity, they do not have to lead a person out of the Catholic Church. . . . They can call the attention of the Catholic church again and again to the fact that grace alone and faith alone really are what saves, and that with all our maneuvering through the history of dogma and the teaching office, we Catholic Christians must find our way back to the sources again and again, back to the primary origins of Holy Scripture and all the more so of the Holy Spirit. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#ecumenism #evangelicalism #faith-alone #grace-alone #salvation

Catholicism is an obsessive-compulsive faith. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#catholicism #obsessive-compulsive-disorder #run #faith

Ever since her conversion [Barbara] had met sophisticated women who, on the subject of Catholicism, sneered like French village atheists, and expected to be excused from normal good manners, let alone intelligence, on this one subject. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#ignorance #intolerance #intelligence

LIFE IS SUBVERSIVE ↗

— Ernesto Cardenal

#marxism #poetry #life

It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women, the feminine element stands at the heart of the Christian religion. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#christianity #feminism #mary #women #religion

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#catholicism #christianity #god #religion #sinners

Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#christianity #god #jesus-christ #perfected-man #religion

Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough prominence and respect to women. ↗

— Michael Coren

#virgin-mary #women #respect

The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored by the Church--provided the framework for the Scientific Revolution. ↗

— Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#civilization #science #western #science

Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #culture #culture-critique #heroes #jesus-shock