Bishops Quote by Martin Luther

“It is the same with priestly ordination. In silence, through the sacrament of Holy Orders, a man becomes not only an alter Christus, another…

— Robert Sarah

The priest comes. . not as an obscurantist, but wearing the intelligible vestments of living faith, divine but positive, ministering in Word and Sacrament…

— Arthur Middleton

The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water…

— Martin Luther

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

— Otto von Bismarck

Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting…

— Ernest Renan

Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.

— Arthur Middleton

Our Lord did not want to remain on earth only through His grace, His truth or His words; He remains in person. We possess…

— Peter Julian Eymard

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

you [priests] are called 'another Christ.'

— Mother Teresa

True consecration to Christ simplifies life, for it leaves the management to Him.

— J. Sidlow Baxter

The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for…

— Pope John Paul II

“A priest is a priest, no matter where she happens to be. Her job is to recognize the holiness in things and hold them…

— Barbara Brown Taylor