Charles J. Chaput Quotes

#1. Creation is more than an accident of dead matter. It's a romance. It has purpose. It sings of the Living God. It bears his signature.

Charles J. Chaput

#2. Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty
these are Christian values.

Charles J. Chaput

#3. Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

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#4. I want to stress again the importance of really living what we claim to believe. That needs to be a priority-not just in our personal and family lives but in our churches, our political choices, our business dealings, our treatment of the poor; in other words, in everything we do.

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#5. We're Catholics before we're Democrats. We're Catholics before we're Republicans. We're even Catholics before we're Americans, because we know that God has a demand on us prior to any government demand on us. And this has been the story of the martyrs through the centuries.

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#6. Religion is to democracy as a bridle is to a horse. Religion moderates democracy because it appeals to an authority higher than democracy itself.5 But

Charles J. Chaput