Bishops Quote by Brennan Manning

“bishops, and the clergy throughout the world. The holier the Church is in her members (especially the pope and the episcopate), the more agreeable…

— Joseph Pohle

“Mainstream theologians have”

— Wayne Purdin

Lithuanian bishops have been heroic!

— Pope Francis

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have…

— Maria Monk

Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt…

— George Agnew Reid

I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much to his…

— Frank Keating

Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only fairly recently…

— N. T. Wright

“In the same way as a preacher is chosen, a bishop is chosen by lot as well.”

— Ora-Jay Eash

Modern theologians are like a pack of dogs who spend most of their time sniffing each other's behinds.

— David Chilton

“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

I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot seemed to…

— Adolf Hitler

Modern storytellers are the descendants of an immense and ancient community of holy people, troubadours, bards, griots, cantadoras, cantors, traveling poets, bums, hags and…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes