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> [Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/our-first-remark-on-this-subject-is-that-the-ministry-is-an-office/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

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> [Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/our-second-remark-is-that-the-office-is-of-divine-appointment-not/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

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## More by Charles Hodge

> [If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/if-the-church-is-a-living-body-united-to-the-same-head-governed-by/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/as-we-fell-in-adam-we-are-saved-in-christ-to-deny-the-principle-in/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/christian-humility-does-not-consist-in-denying-what-there-is-of-good/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/every-man-therefore-who-expects-justification-by-works-must-see-to-it/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [“Κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, according to the power that worketh in us. The infinite power of God from which so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/according-to-the-power-that-worketh-in-us-the-infinite-power-of-god/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/true-zeal-is-connected-with-a-holy-life-it-is-remarkable-how-often/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/the-sin-of-adam-did-not-make-the-condemnation-of-all-men-merely/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/the-independent-or-congregational-theory-includes-two-principles/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/as-the-church-is-the-aggregate-of-believers-there-is-an-intimate/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/faith-is-not-a-blind-irrational-conviction-in-order-to-believe-we/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/a-christian-is-one-who-recognizes-jesus-as-the-christ-the-son-of-the/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/prayer-is-the-converse-of-the-soul-with-god-therein-we-manifest-or/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [If Christ has risen the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown. Satan has fallen like lightning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/if-christ-has-risen-the-bible-is-true-from-genesis-to-revelation-the/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/foolish-talking-and-jesting-are-not-the-ways-in-which-christian/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

> [Sanctification is not a work of nature, but a work of grace. It is a transformation of character effected not by moral influences, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hodge/sanctification-is-not-a-work-of-nature-but-a-work-of-grace-it-is-a/)

[Charles Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hodge/)

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