Catholic Phrases

Phrases

• A Man For All Seasons (Paul Schofield / Robert Bolt movie)
• A little learning is a dangerous thing (from a poem by Alexander Pope)
• Attila the Nun (Nickname of Sister Agnes (Priscilla Lopez))
• Bell, book and candle
• Bells and smells
• Body mass index
• Cardinal sin
• Catholic taste
• Confession is good for the soul
• Fat berg (a solid mass of grease in a sewer)
• Father Ted (BBC comedy television series)
• Get religion
• Go over to Rome (Adopt the Catholic faith)
• God's Banker (Nickname of Roberto Calvi)
• Hope springs eternal in the human breast (from a poem by Alexander Pope)
• Imagine no religion, it's easy if you try
• Is the Pope Catholic?
• Is the Pope Polish?
• Judas priest
• Lapsed Catholic
• Left footer
• Mass hysteria
• Nigerian Nightmare (Nickname of Christian Okoye)
• No one expects the Spanish Inquisition (A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Onward Christian soldiers
• Organised religion
• Paddy's Wigwam (Nickname of The Roman Catholic Cathedral Liverpool)
• Papal decree
• Religion is the opiate of the masses (Karl Marx quotation)
• Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
• Sunday Christian
• The Bard of Twickenham (Nickname of Alexander Pope)
• The Custodian (Nickname of Brian Cardinal)
• The God Squad (enthusiastic Christian believers)
• The Magic Christian (Peter Sellers / Ringo Starr movie)
• The Maid of Orleans (Nickname of Joan of Arc)
• The Pounding Pontiff (Nickname of Marquez Pope)
• The Protestant Vatican (Nickname of Nashville Tennessee)
• The Rape Of The Lock (Alexander Pope book)
• The Sistine Chapel (tourist attraction in the Vatican City Italy)
• The Whore of Babylon (a Christian figure of evil and corruption)
• The proper study of mankind is man (from a poem by Alexander Pope)
• To err is human; to forgive, divine (from a poem by Alexander Pope)
• Vatican roulette
• We found the weapons of mass destruction
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?
• Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?