Pope Leo XIII on authority
Pope Leo XIII41 quotes“It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.”
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Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might be made better and happier.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The Church of Christ, therefore, is one and the same forever.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Peace is built on the foundation of justice.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by God’s authority from the beginning: “Increase and multiply.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Linus PaulingLinus Pauling Becoming an authority in your industry can be a great way to promote your business and help you better serve your clients.
Lewis HowesLewis Howes We ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
Simone WeilSimone Weil When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with.
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