Bishops Quotes · Page 8

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

— Terry Pratchett

Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, — orthodoxy is my doxy, — heterodoxy is another man's doxy.

— Joseph Priestley

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops…

— Pope Francis

For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

They [Bishops] shall also banish from churches all those kinds of music, in which, whether by the organ, or in the singing,…

— Pope Pius IV

The immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a…

— Raniero Cantalamessa

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church

— Ignatius of Antioch

God is love, the bishops tell. Yes, I know, But love is hell.

— T. H. White

Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?"…

— Robertson Davies

If you listen to the Catholic bishops you would think that Catholics are against contraception and legal abortion, but if you ask…

— Gloria Steinem

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only…

— Anonymous

There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will…

— Matthew Arnold

We cannot know what John of Leyden felt Under the Bishop 's tongs - we can only Walk in temperate London, our…

— Peter Porter

In a word, we are like the servants of the centurion in the Gospel with regard to the bishops, insofar as when…

— Vincent de Paul

One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal…

— Dan Barker

If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have…

— Benjamin Franklin

Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles…

— Ignatius of Antioch

Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church.... I remind you, my dear friends, of…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

I am deeply discouraged by Catholic Bishops who say Catholics cannot support same sex marriage in our secular culture.

— Anne Rice

The bishops eat from my hand.

— Maurice Duplessis

The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.

— Ernest Hemingway

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

— J. C. Ryle

Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to…

— Martin Luther

If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'

— Brad Leithauser

The question of whether women should be made bishops once they had been ordained is absolutely pivotal. It seems to me absolute…

— David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes