It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man. Pope Leo XIII More Quotes by Pope Leo XIII More Quotes From Pope Leo XIII Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature. Pope Leo XIII good-and-evilrightsevil There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. Pope Leo XIII heartmovingjesus Remember and understand well that where Peter is, there is the Church; that those who refuse to associate in communion with the Chair of Peter belong to Antichrist, not to Christ. He who would separate himself from the Roman Pontiff has no further bond with Christ. Pope Leo XIII churchrememberchrist Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others. Pope Leo XIII urgeshelpingmen 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 XIII wifehusbandrace These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on Her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered. Pope Leo XIII lightsheeppast The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few and exceedingly rich men have laid a yoke of almost slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers. Pope Leo XIII economic-inequalitygreedmen The family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth. Pope Leo XIII churchearthchildren 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 XIII foundationbookreligion Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation. Pope Leo XIII wisdomanimalmen Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist. Pope Leo XIII holy-eucharistbeliefworld O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee. Pope Leo XIII thronesknowledge-of-godmother It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies. Pope Leo XIII bodymindmen 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. This comes about in many ways: by their lightening each other's burdens through mutual help; by constant and faithful love; by having all their possessions in common; and by the heavenly grace which flows from the sacrament. Pope Leo XIII mutual-helphusbandrace 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. Pope Leo XIII libertyevilthinking Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and private life must come to the conclusion that a fruitful cause of the evils which now afflict, as well as of those which threaten us, lies in this: that false conclusions concerning divine and human things, which originated in the schools of philosophy, have crept into all the orders of the state, and have been accepted by the common consent of the masses. Pope Leo XIII philosophylyingschool Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits. Pope Leo XIII divorcemoralhabit We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. Pope Leo XIII vicarsalmightyearth The empire of Christ the King includes not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right belonging to the Church, have been led astray by error, or have been cut off from her by schism, but also all those who are outside the Christian faith: so that truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ. Pope Leo XIII kingschristianjesus To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity. Pope Leo XIII enduresufferinghumanity
