#faith

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church. ↗

— William Ames

#absolutely #any #assent #church #even

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#catholic #chiefly #church #currently #did

I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore. ↗

— Tori Amos

#average #average person #faith #i #know

You know, I'm a Christian and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#christian #each #faith #god #god has a plan

But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached. ↗

— Florenz Ziegfeld

#endeavor #eventually #faithful #girl #goal

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#deny #dissolve #faith #firmly #hold

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#central #essential #faith #five #islam

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that "faith" is even more difficult for Him than it is for us? ↗

— W. H. Auden

#difficult #even #faith #far #god

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#double #him #like #may #most

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#appear #care #faith #itself #our