Bishops Quotes

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Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, â€” orthodoxy is my doxy, â€” heterodoxy is another man's doxy. — Joseph Priestley
The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun. — Richard Cushing
Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you… — George Q. Cannon
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. — Howard Staunton
The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. — Howard Staunton
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has… — Dan Barker
JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too. — Kitty Kelley
Everybody's talking about ministers, sinisters, banisters, and canisters, bishops, fishops, rabbis, and popeyes, bye-bye, bye-byes. — John Lennon
The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the â€˜Year of the Poor.â€™ I hope that this prophetic summons… — Pope Francis
There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job. — Peter Hollingworth
The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school… — Karl Lehmann
Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all… — Saint John Chrysostom
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and… — Richard Harris Barham
Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Be not afraid to pray... to pray is right. Pray if thou canst with hope;… — Hartley Coleridge
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code… — Richard M. Weaver
Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often,… — Os Guinness
You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player! — John Adams
There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail." — Matthew Arnold
I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings because people have cheated me. In particular, just today I found... that, having done… — Artemisia Gentileschi

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