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    God never had a church but there, men say,
    The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,
    I doubted of this saw, till on a day
    I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.

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A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.

A beggarly people,
A church and no steeple.

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To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of read more

To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy
everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church.
[Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,
Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]

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Whenever God erects a house of prayer
The devil always builds a chapel there;
And 'twill be read more

Whenever God erects a house of prayer
The devil always builds a chapel there;
And 'twill be found, upon examination,
The latter has the largest congregation.

by Daniel Defoe Found in: Churches Quotes,
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No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n,
Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;
But such plain read more

No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n,
Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;
But such plain roofs as Piety could raise,
And only vocal with the Maker's praise.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Churches Quotes,
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It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium read more

It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]

by Gabriel Paleotti Found in: Churches Quotes,
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Well has the name of Pontifex been given
Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder
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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.

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And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it read more

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.

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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.

by Gabriel Paleotti Found in: Churches Quotes,
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Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.

Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.

by Robert Burton Found in: Churches Quotes,
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