#catholicism

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#christianity #philosophy #spirituality #spiritual

In Christ, for the first time, we see that in God himself there exists--within his inseparable unity--the distinction between the Father who gives and the Gift which is given (the Son), but only in the unity of the Holy Spirit. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#christ #christianity #god #god-father #god-son

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #faith #god #jesus-shock #philosophy

The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#church

An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters. ↗

— Fletcher Wortmann

#religion #religion

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

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