Religion
The Royal Borough has a number of notable Christian churches, including:
- Brompton Oratory - Roman Catholic
- Chelsea Old Church (All Saints) - Church of England
- Holy Trinity Brompton - Church of England
- St Columba's, Pont Street - Church of Scotland
- St Luke's Church, Chelsea, Sydney Street - Church of England
- St Mary Abbots - Church of England
- St Sophia's Cathedral, London - Greek Orthodox Church
It is also home to a small Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, several mosques and the Sikh Central Gurudwara in Holland Park.
According to the 2001 Census, 24% of the borough identified themselves as being non-religious, or chose not to state their faith.
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism—at least in the sense of this work—is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on the surface, but fundamentally, not in intention or according to its own supposition, but in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature.”
—Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872)
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.”
—Michel Guillaume Jean De Crevecoeur (1735–1813)
“There is not a greater paradox in nature,—than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)