“ As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Alexander Pope Poet
“ Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church. John Templeton Investor
“ In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . . . There were the texts; there was no mistaking their meaning; . . . she was doing in all this thing what the Bible had mapped out for her to do. So unassailable was her position that in all the centuries she had no word to say against human slavery. Mark Twain Author
“ Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . . Upton Sinclair Author
“ If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side. Agnes Repplier Essayist
“ The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory. Alexander Suvorov Military Officer