Wisdom Quote by John Wycliffe

It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

— John Wycliffe

Well beloved subjects, wee thought that the clergie of our realme had been our subjectes wholy, but now we have well perceived that they…

— Henry VIII of England

If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes…

— Sean O'Casey

There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.

— Thomas Aquinas

O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good doctrine, as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel!

— Hugh Latimer

“the crudest and greatest enemies that ever the kirk of Scotland saw are those prelates; they have spoiled us of all our liberties, and…

— Various

“I should be the last to deny that the lordly prelates serve their own ambition and avarice before anything else; the higher their rank…

— Hella S. Haasse

“Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Snatch religion back from the clerics and literature from the critics.”

— Michael Foley

That's the problem with religion: you beat your way past the clerics, fight your way through the demons, stand before the holy of holies,…

— Owen Rowley

Muslim clerics in India go to other countries, nobody knows what do they do, even the police can't go there.

— Raj Thackeray

Before the revolution I thought there are appropriate individuals who would do the job according to Islam, therefore I repeatedly said that clerics would…

— Ruhollah Khomeini