Johnson: Why, Sir, the Presbyterians have no church, no apostolical ordination. Boswell: And do you think that absolutely essential, Sir? Johnson. Why, Sir, as it was an apostolical institution, I think it is dangerous to be without it. And, Sir, the Presbyterians have no publick worship: they have no form of prayer in which they […]
Church Quotes
What good is a beautiful church that serves the spiritual needs to someone sleeping on a steam grate?
The nearer the Church the further from God.
A Friends’ meeting for worship finds no room for debate or for answering (still less for contradicting) one another; if this is desirable, it will be left for another occasion. And if anything should seem to be spoken amiss, the spiritually minded worshipper will have the wit to get at the heart of the message, […]
Whereas it hath been an Objection in the minds of many, and several times hath been objected by the Clergy, or Ministers, and others, against Women speaking in the Church… the ground of which Objection is taken from the Apostle’s words, which he Writ in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, chap. 14, verse 34, […]
Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.
The visible church is all the people who get together from time to time in God’s name. Anybody can find out who they are by going to look. The invisible church is all the people God uses for hands and feet in this world. Nobody can find out who they are except God. Think of […]
