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Richard John Neuhaus
Canadian-American Christian writer
Richard John Neuhauswas a prominent writer and Christian cleric (first in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, then the ELCA and later the Catholic Church).
Born in Canada, Neuhaus moved to the United States, where he became a naturalized United States citizen.
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About the Richard John Neuhaus
Richard John Neuhauswas a prominent writer and Christian cleric (first in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, then the ELCA and later the Catholic Church).
Born in Canada, Neuhaus moved to the United States, where he became a naturalized United States citizen. He was the longtime editor of the Lutheran Forum magazine newsletter and later founder and editor of the monthly journal First Things and the author of numerous books.
A staunch defender of the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion and other life issues, he served as an unofficial adviser to President George W. Bush on bioethical issues.
6 Quotes by Richard John Neuhaus
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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer
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My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don’t think you can call it schism.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer
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If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture – in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review – there is not much reason to pay it attention.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer
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My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer
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Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer
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In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.
Richard John NeuhausCanadian-American Christian writer