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Clergy Quotes

When I was a young priest in the 1960s and 1970s, there was much experimentation and confusion in the Church. Teachers and clergy were encouraged to communicate an experience of God’s love, but to do it without reference to the Creed, the sacraments, or the tradition Picture Quote #1

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind Picture Quote #1

Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them Picture Quote #1

The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and education were not important Picture Quote #1

Pope Francis has aimed a blow at what the whole hierarchical system is built on: a graded system with the higher clergy in the skyboxes, the devoted religious in festival seating, as they say of the crowds at rock concerts, and, on the bottom, the laity in standing room only Picture Quote #1

I am Presbyterian and Protestant. I’ve had great relationships and developed even greater relationships with ministers. We have tremendous support from the clergy Picture Quote #1

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It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this, and in most of them the clergy are quite ready to lay down the law in other fields too Picture Quote #1

Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity Picture Quote #1

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression Picture Quote #1

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues Picture Quote #1

It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it Picture Quote #1

The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of which to their own profession they, by a certain instinct, seem always to have perceived Picture Quote #1

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It is time the clergy are told that thinking men, after a close examination of that doctrine, pronounce it to be subversive of true moral development and, therefore, positively noxious Picture Quote #1

The clergy complain of the enormous spread of bold books, from the infidel tract to the latest handling of the miracle question Picture Quote #1

Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer Picture Quote #1

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both Picture Quote #1

Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy Picture Quote #1

Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to the progress of humanity Picture Quote #1

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So long as you believe that man is essentially evil in nature, and a more vicious doctrine was never promulgated, it follows that he is often going to need to have his ears slapped back, and who should do this but the clergy? Picture Quote #1

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience Picture Quote #1

We need some clergy with some backbone, who don’t mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core of their faith, at least causing them to pause and to have dialogue and to be open for further discussion Picture Quote #1

Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position Picture Quote #1

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence Picture Quote #1

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes Picture Quote #1

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So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy Picture Quote #1

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution Picture Quote #1

The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly Picture Quote #1

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation Picture Quote #1

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism Picture Quote #1

In an age where public health has never been better provided for, and medical men enjoy a respect formerly reserved for the aristocracy and the clergy, millions of people are unwell, or merely feel unwell, or are in dread lest at some future time they may become unwell Picture Quote #1

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When I was a young priest in the 1960s and 1970s, there was much experimentation and confusion in the Church. Teachers and clergy were encouraged to communicate an experience of God’s love, but to do it without reference to the Creed, the sacraments, or the tradition. (Clergy Quotes) From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind. (Clergy Quotes) Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them. (Clergy Quotes) The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and education were not important. (Clergy Quotes) Pope Francis has aimed a blow at what the whole hierarchical system is built on: a graded system with the higher clergy in the skyboxes, the devoted religious in festival seating, as they say of the crowds at rock concerts, and, on the bottom, the laity in standing room only. (Clergy Quotes) I am Presbyterian and Protestant. I’ve had great relationships and developed even greater relationships with ministers. We have tremendous support from the clergy. (Clergy Quotes) It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this, and in most of them the clergy are quite ready to lay down the law in other fields too (Clergy Quotes) Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity (Clergy Quotes) Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression (Clergy Quotes) To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues (Clergy Quotes) It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it (Clergy Quotes) The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of which to their own profession they, by a certain instinct, seem always to have perceived (Clergy Quotes) It is time the clergy are told that thinking men, after a close examination of that doctrine, pronounce it to be subversive of true moral development and, therefore, positively noxious (Clergy Quotes) The clergy complain of the enormous spread of bold books, from the infidel tract to the latest handling of the miracle question (Clergy Quotes) Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer (Clergy Quotes) The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both (Clergy Quotes) Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy (Clergy Quotes) Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to the progress of humanity (Clergy Quotes) So long as you believe that man is essentially evil in nature, and a more vicious doctrine was never promulgated, it follows that he is often going to need to have his ears slapped back, and who should do this but the clergy? (Clergy Quotes) Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience (Clergy Quotes) We need some clergy with some backbone, who don’t mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core of their faith, at least causing them to pause and to have dialogue and to be open for further discussion (Clergy Quotes) Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position (Clergy Quotes) The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence (Clergy Quotes) The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes (Clergy Quotes) So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy (Clergy Quotes) I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution (Clergy Quotes) The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly (Clergy Quotes) It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation (Clergy Quotes) A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism (Clergy Quotes) In an age where public health has never been better provided for, and medical men enjoy a respect formerly reserved for the aristocracy and the clergy, millions of people are unwell, or merely feel unwell, or are in dread lest at some future time they may become unwell (Clergy Quotes)

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