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86 percent of Americans identified themselves as Christian, with the various Protestant denominational affiliations accounting for 49 percent of the U.S.
“For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that “nothing happens” when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand.”
― On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius
― On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius
“an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“The "apostolic church" is a poor church. It has no marvelous new revelations, no knowledge of higher worlds, no possibility of proving its faith by reason. It lives from the witness of a few men who were neither religious geniuses, nor ethical heroes, nor original thinkers. The only authority for the unverifiable things they said was that Jesus Christ had sent them and that they were witnesses of His resurrection.”
― We Confess Anthology 53-1037 404969/01
― We Confess Anthology 53-1037 404969/01
“Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only thing left-- sanity.”
― The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
― The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
“I worry that when our gathered worship looks like a rock show or an entertainment special, we are being formed as consumers - people after a thrill and a rush - when what we need is to learn a way of being-in-the-world that transforms us, day by day, by the rhythms of repentance and faith.”
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
― Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
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