Churches Quotes
(1 - 10 of 25)The church alone beyond all question
Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
[Ger., Die Kirch' allein, more
The church alone beyond all question
Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
[Ger., Die Kirch' allein, meine lieben Frauen,
Kann ungerechtes Gut verdauen.]
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast
themselves most of their being near to more
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast
themselves most of their being near to the Church.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.
God is more there than thou: for thou art there
more
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.
God is more there than thou: for thou art there
Only by his permission. Then beware,
That leads from earth to heaven.
Well has the name of Pontifex been given
Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder
And more
Well has the name of Pontifex been given
Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder
And architect of the invisible bridge
That leads from earth to heaven.
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, more
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which has
during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose
minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the
Great Hall.
A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.
A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
There can be no church in which the demon will not have his
chapel.
There can be no church in which the demon will not have his
chapel.
It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium more
It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]
