Changed Quote by Arthur Middleton

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest…

— Arthur Middleton

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration…

— Arthur Middleton

“The priest is immense because he makes others believe in a heap of weird things. The Church wanting to do everything and be everything:…

— Charles Baudelaire

Clergy had a vested interest in retaining the old, ways, which made few demands of them as teachers, as spiritual guides, or as moral…

— Alister E. McGrath

The more tremendous the divinity is represented, the more tame and submissive do men become his ministers: And the more unaccountable the measures of…

— David Hume

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the…

— Robert Rainy

“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the…

— James Madison

Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying…

— C. J. Mahaney

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not…

— Andrew Greeley

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

— Thomas Paine

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

— Robert Genn