Across Quote by Andrew Greeley

Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be... not really very…

— Charlton Heston

I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments-but if…

— Rufus King

The Catholic hierarchy has become more conservative. What we don't know is whether [Catholic voters] will become increasingly conservative, or .. stay swing voters.

— John Green

“The typical clergy/laity system practiced among most churches is detrimental to believers. In this system only a professional class of people teaches and preaches,…

— Henry Hon

I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.

— Jacob Lew

Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion.

— Robert Genn

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

— Garry Kasparov

“The church potential is measured by their society impact.”

— Alin Sav

After 32 years as a priest , I think its fair to say that most institutional churches are very limited in addressing higher levels…

— Richard Rohr

“there is at least as much, and probably much more, variation on these matters among the Protestants of various types included in these merged…

— Rodney Stark

I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult.

— Quentin S. Crisp

Broadly speaking, Protestants like to be good and have invented theology in order to keep themselves so, whereas Catholics like to be bad and…

— Bertrand Russell