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) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Clement I (died c. 99) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 107) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60-c. 130) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Polycarp (69-155) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Justin Martyr (c. 100-165) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Hegesippus (c. 110-c. 180) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Dionysius of Corinth (early to mid-100s) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Theophilus of Antioch (died c. 183-85) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133-c. 190) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Irenaeus of Lyon (c. 130-c. 202) | EAST/WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-c. 215) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170-c. 235) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Cornelius (died 253) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Cyprian of Carthage (c. 210-258) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Peter of Alexandria (died 311) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Methodius of Olympus (died c. 311) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Aphrahat the Persian (c. 280-c. 345) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Serapion of Thmuis (died c. 360) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Athanasius (c. 296/98-373) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pacian of Barcelona (c. 310-391) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Epiphanius of Cyprus/Salamis (c. 310/320-403) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Gregory Nazianzus (c. 329-390) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Basil (330-379) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Jerome (c. 342/347-420) | EAST/WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Innocent I (died 417) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Augustine (354-430) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Celestine I (c. 376-432) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376-444) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | St. Peter Chrysologus (c. 380-c. 450) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Vincent of Lérins (died c. 445) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Sechnall of Ireland (died c. 447/448) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390-c. 455) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Faustus of Riez (c. 400/410-c. 490) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Gelasius I (died 496) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (c. 467/472-527/533) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Caesarius of Arles (c. 468/470-542) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Pope Agatho (c. 577-681) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Bede the Venerable (c. 672/73-735) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. Boniface (c. 675-754) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | St. John of Damascus (c. 675/76-749) | EAST
Ecclesiastical Writers (1st Millennium)
Author Quote Archive | Mathetes (c. late first/early second century) | EAST/WEST?
Author Quote Archive | Tatian the Syrian (c. 120-c. 180) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Tertullian (c. 155-c.220) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Origen (c. 184-c. 253) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Minucius Felix (died c. 250) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Novatian (c. 200-c. 258) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Caius the Presbyter (200s) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Commodianus (mid 200s) | WEST?
Author Quote Archive | Firmilian of Cappadocia (died c. 269) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Lactantius (c. 250-c. 325) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260/265-339) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Theodotus (200s) | WEST/EAST?
Author Quote Archive | Theodore of Mopsuestia (c. 350-428) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Theodoret of Cyrus (c. 393-c. 458/466) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Sozomen (c. 400-c. 450) | EAST
Author Quote Archive | Gennadius of Massilia (died c. 496) | WEST
Author Quote Archive | Theodore Abū Qurrah (c. 750-c. 825)
Councils and Other Documents (1st Millennium)
Documents Quote Archive | First Millennium Councils
Documents Quote Archive | Other First Millennium Documents
Saints, Ecclesiastical Writers, and Other Catholics (2nd Millennium)
Author Quote Archive | St. Thomas Becket (1119/20-1170), Medieval Archbishop
Author Quote Archive | St. Thomas More (1478-1535), English Statesman
Author Quote Archive | Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French Philosopher
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
