Quote by Joseph Pohle

“The minister need not be in the state of grace, nor need he have the faith (negative disposi tion), but he must have the…

— Joseph Pohle

“The church must not teach the submission of wives apart from the sacrificial love and servanthood required of husbands.”

— Gary L. Thomas

“all that is necessary for the valid administration of the Sacraments is the direct intention, i. e. the purpose of performing the rite as…

— Joseph Pohle

“If I received a calling to serve in the church, then I have sheep to whom I have a divine obligation to minister and…

— Daniel L. Johnson

“The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists on the…

— Joseph Pohle

“This second step calls one to yield to that local part of the Body of Christ, and to dedicate oneself to that congregation and…

— Peter Marshall

“In case of necessity, not only a priest or a deacon, but a lay man or woman, nay even a pagan and a heretic,…

— Joseph Pohle

As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his…

— Arthur Middleton

“Shall I ask you how the church is to be filled, if a man is neither to take orders with a living, nor without?”

— Jane Austen

“Hence, if one places an obstacle to sacramental grace, 4 he receives the Sacra ment unworthily, but the Sacrament itself is not invalid; it…

— Joseph Pohle

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and…

— Claudio Hummes

“to tell the world of its true Centre, of the law of mutual sacrifice by which its parts are bound together. The Church exists…

— Mark Chapman