#church

Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#another #chimneys #church #could #distinguish

For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith. ↗

— Richard Morris

#artistic #beauty #carefully #church #demands

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

#churches #command #crowned #emperor #hebrew

I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday. ↗

— Deborah Norville

#brought #church #every #every sunday #i

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#against #basic #catholics #church #clearly

The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#church #destroy #governments #man #marriage

As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#criminals #haven #holy #holy spirit #house

My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. ↗

— Barack Obama

#came #christ #christian #christian faith #church

If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing. ↗

— Gene Robinson

#best #calls #church #crisis #god

I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#church #citizens #confidence #days #fellow