Altar Quote by Cyprian

Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father,…

— Ignatius of Antioch

Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ…

— Arthur Middleton

In Islam, there is no priesthood and each person stands before God, like in the daily prayers, without an intermediary. That's in contrast to…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“To be priests does not mean primarily that we are our own individual priests, but rather that as part of the priestly people of…

— Justo L. González

The church is a gift from God, some assembly is required.

— Anonymous

Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ,…

— David A. Bednar

The Churches belong together in the Church. What that may mean for our ecclesiastical groupings we do not know. We have not discovered the…

— Hugh Martin

“The New Testament pictures the church as an every-member ministry. The “priesthood of all believers” is not just a Reformation watchword but a biblical…

— Greg Ogden

you [priests] are called 'another Christ.'

— Mother Teresa

The Orthodox hierarchy doesn't have the kind of power that high-ranking clergy do in other churches. There isn't even a worldwide governing board to…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

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

A priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense esprit de corps.…

— H. G. Wells