Charles J. Chaput Quotes & Sayings

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. — Charles J. Chaput

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

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

Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good. — Charles J. Chaput

Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty
these are Christian values. — Charles J. Chaput

Epic: A Journey Through Church History fills an urgent need for adult Catholics to recover their history as a believing community, debunk false criticisms of their Church, and understand the Christian underpinnings of the modern world. This is a vivid, thorough and engaging program. I heartily recommend it. — Charles J. Chaput

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. — Charles J. Chaput