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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
Catholic

"In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me in the Church; so does her authority, inaugurated by miracles, nourished by hope, enlarged by love, established by age. The succession of priests keeps me, beginning from the very seat of the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after His resurrection, gave it in charge to feed His sheep (Jn 21:15-19), down to the present episcopate."

Miracle Catholic Sheep
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Saint Francis de Sales Saint, Bishop
Catholic

"Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages."

Spiritual Order Catholic
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Thomas Aquinas Philosopher, Theologian
Catholic

"Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church."

Men Believe Catholic
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Isabel Allende Novelist
Catholic

"Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding with God while everyone else must pass through the priestly bureaucracy."

Understanding Catholic Majority
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Catholic

"I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt I was being fed properly. I don't say that as a reflection on Catholicism. But once I was born again, I got an evangelical spirit."

Age Reflection Catholic
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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer
Catholic

"Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?"

Virtue Catholic Merit
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Timothy Keller Pastor, Author
Catholic

"The best things that have been written, almost, are by Catholics during the counter Reformation: Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, John of the Cross, St. Theresa of Бvila.....great stuff."

Stuff Catholic Crosses
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Robin Morgan Feminist, Writer
Catholic

"The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion"

Church Catholic Abortion
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Ziggy Marley Musician
Catholic

""I’m not Catholic, I’m not Orthodox…" and I wouldn’t even say Rastafarian, that still divides people, I don’t want to divide people so anything that I say is something that must be so big and great that it did encompass everyone and it’s love."

People Want Catholic
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Fran Lebowitz Author, Essayist
Catholic

"It would also have been helpful to have gone to a Catholic grammar school. The only people who know grammar are those people who went to Catholic grammar school. Those nuns beat it into them."

People School Catholic
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