Author: Andrew Greeley

Quotes

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

- Andrew Greeley

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.

- Andrew Greeley

Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it.

Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it.

- Andrew Greeley

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.

- Andrew Greeley

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation.

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation.

- Andrew Greeley

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad.

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad.

- Andrew Greeley

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed.

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed.

- Andrew Greeley

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

- Andrew Greeley

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That's been a traditional Catholic teaching that God is the combination of opposites.

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That's been a traditional Catholic teaching that God is the combination of opposites.

- Andrew Greeley

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