In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
Churches, by the very reason of their structures, are monolithic and do not adapt easily. But in many cases, they, too, have allowed themselves to become allied or even part of an unjust establishment or system.
Christians are not limited to any church.
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.
I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.
All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.
The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe.
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.
As a preacher who has spent significant time in churches and houses of worship all across the country, I can tell you firsthand that religious liberty and freedom are principles that can never be infringed upon.