"The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop……" — Richard Harris Barham

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• I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural,… — Adolf Hitler
• We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire… — Pope John Paul II
• To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of… — Pope Francis
• Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the… — C J Cherryh
• Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what… — Sue Monk Kidd
• I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean... — Brian Jacques
• A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot… — Brian Jacques
• The abbot told me once that lying was a betrayal to one's self. It's evidence of self-loathing. You see, when… — Michael J. Sullivan
• Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly… — Brian Jacques
• Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet… — Eoin Colfer
• When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family.… — Nhat Hanh
• The only people who had authority within the Church to stop Brendan Smyth from having contact with children were his… — Sean Brady

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