Authority Quote by Julius Wellhausen

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held…

— Saint Augustine

So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively…

— Charles Hodge

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

— Henry Miller

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority,…

— David A. Bednar

One of the things that I want to make sure everybody understands is that when you delegate the authority, you have to set the…

— Ron Rivera

To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.

— Julius Wellhausen

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is as disastrous to true government in the state, and home, to teach all womankind to submit to the authority of man, as…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Priesthood ordinances are the pathway to the power of godliness.

— David A. Bednar

But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests.

— Kathleen Parker