Francis Arinze Quotes

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

Francis Arinze

• Used
• Dogma
• Organs

With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

Francis Arinze

• Beautiful
• Humanity
• Spiritual

Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.

Francis Arinze

• Element
• Dimension
• Transcendent

Vatican II declares the Church... as necessary for salvation.

Francis Arinze

• Salvation
• Vatican
• Declares

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.

Francis Arinze

• Language
• Changes
• Catholic

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

Francis Arinze

• Character
• Persons
• Married

There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.

Francis Arinze

• World
• Always
• Virtue

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.

Francis Arinze

• People
• Problem
• Religious

The church is challenging such negative cultural elements as superstition, rugged individualism, materialism, hedonism, permissiveness and utilitarianism.

Francis Arinze

• Church
• Elements
• Individualism