Welcome to Becoming Catholic Quote Archives, where we have collected an extensive archive of the words of the Saints, Sages, and Statesmen of the Great Tradition by topic, cited to their original sources, so you can dig into and explore them yourself.
We especially focus on topics relevant to articulating and defending the Catholic Faith, particularly from the Church Fathers (the leaders of the ancient Church).
However, we are also including a growing number of non-Catholic voices from the Great Tradition on topics relevant to the Truth, Goodness, and Beauty it embodies.
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TOPIC QUOTE ARCHIVES (APOLOGETICS + THEOLOGY)
General Catholic Apologetics Topics
Topic Quote Archive | The Catholic Church and Faith in the Church Fathers
Topic Quote Archive | The Canon of Scripture
Topic Quote Archive | Apostolic Tradition
Topic Quote Archive | Apostolic Succession
Topic Quote Archive | The Papacy and the Invincibility of the Church
Topic Quote Archive | Holy Mary, Mother of God
Topic Quote Archive | Mortal Sin: Christians Can Lose Their Salvation
Topic Quote Archive | The Communion of Saints: Intercession and Relics
Topic Quote Archive | Purgatory
Topic Quote Archive | Development of Doctrine
Topic Quote Archive | Judas Within: Enduring Evil Within the One True Church
Topic Quote Archive | Catholic Warnings About the “Reformation”
Topic Quote Archive | Church Teaching on the Authority of the Church Fathers and St. Thomas Aquinas
The Seven Sacraments
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Baptism
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Confirmation
Topic Quote Archive | The Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Marriage, Divorce, and Contraception
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Holy Orders, and the Authority of the Priesthood
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Confession
Topic Quote Archive | The Sacrament of Last Rites
The Moral Order
Topic Quote Archive | Abortion
Topic Quote Archive | Homosexual and Gender-Confusing Behavior
Topic Quote Archive | Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Roles of Men and Women
Christendom
Topic Quote Archive | Christendom: The Spiritual and Temporal Powers, and the Conversion of the Empire
Topic Quote Archive | Christendom: The Defeat of the Demons
Topic Quote Archive | America and Christendom
The End Times
Topic Quote Archive | Antichrist, Katechōn, Jerusalem, the Conversion of the Jews, and the Temple
Topic Quote Archive | Pagan Attempt to Rebuild the Jerusalem Temple Thwarted
AUTHOR AND DOCUMENT QUOTE ARCHIVES (CHURCH)
Church Fathers (1st Millennium)
Author Quote Archive | St. Barnabas (1st century), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Clement I (died 99), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Polycarp (69-155), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Irenaeus of Lyon (c. 130-c. 202), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170-235), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Cyprian of Carthage (c. 210-258), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Celestine I (c. 376-432), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Gelasius I (died 496), Church Father
Author Quote Archive | St. John of Damascus (c. 675/76-749), Church Father
Ecclesiastical Writers (1st Millennium)
Author Quote Archive | Tertullian (c. 155-c.220), Ecclesiastical Writer
Other Documents (1st Millennium)
Documents Quote Archive | Apostolic Era Documents
Saints and Ecclesiastical Writers (2nd Millennium)
Author Quote Archive | St. Thomas Becket (1119/20-1170), Medieval Archbishop
TOPIC QUOTE ARCHIVES (CHURCH + WORLD)
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Topic Quote Archive | The Ancients on Music
Topic Quote Archive | The Founders’ Warnings About Banks and Finance
AUTHOR QUOTE ARCHIVES (WORLDLY WISDOM)
The Wisdom of China
TBA
The Wisdom of Greece
Author Quote Archive | Polybius, Greek Historian
The Wisdom of Rome
Author Quote Archive | Tacitus, Roman Historian
Author Quote Archive | Juvenal, Roman Satirist
The Wisdom of France
Author Quote Archive | Montesquieu, French Philosopher
The Wisdom of the United States (Founding)
Author Quote Archive | George Washington, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | John Adams, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Abigail Adams, American Founding Mother
Author Quote Archive | John Quincy Adams, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Thomas Jefferson, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | James Madison, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | James Monroe, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Benjamin Franklin, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Alexander Hamilton, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Benjamin Rush, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | John Jay, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | John Marshall, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | James Wilson, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Patrick Henry, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Fisher Ames, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Elbridge Gerry, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Gouverneur Morris, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | George Mason, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Thomas Nelson, Jr., American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Roger Sherman, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Oliver Wolcott, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Luther Martin, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Thomas McKean, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Richard Henry Lee, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Robert Treat Paine, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Charles Carroll, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Caesar Rodney, American Founder
Author Quote Archive | Elias Boudinot, American Founder