Pope Shenouda III Quotes

Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us.
Pope Shenouda III

Live, Country, Lives

Calm can solve all issues.
Pope Shenouda III

Calm, Issues, Solve

You don't extinguish fire by adding more fire, you need water.
Pope Shenouda III

Fire, Water, Adding

Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line.
Pope Shenouda III

Deep, Religious, Line

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.
Pope Shenouda III

Marriage, Nature, Woman

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.
Pope Shenouda III

Religion, Freedom, Law

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.
Pope Shenouda III

God, Children, Real

As temples of the Holy Spirit. we should have communion with the Holy Spirit. The work of any believer is not only the work of a human individual, but is actually the work of the Holy Spirit.
Pope Shenouda III

Work, Human, Holy

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.
Pope Shenouda III

Religion, Book, Talk

If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.
Pope Shenouda III

Family, Wife, Everyone

Violence is absolutely not our method.
Pope Shenouda III

Violence, Absolutely, Method

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church.
Pope Shenouda III

Mean, Pride, Church

What rights are there for homosexuals? The only right is to be led to repentance. To live in such defilement of the body, in such dishonour, in such abomination, while all the time asking for liberties the church cannot grant, is unbelievable.
Pope Shenouda III

Time, Live, Cannot

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Clergyman

Born: August 3, 1923

Died: March 17, 2012

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