Attention Quote by Robert Bly

The Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention and hierarchy…

— Robert Bly

I'm a Catholic of the New Testament, I'm not a Catholic of the hierarchy.

— Anna Quindlen

When the Reformation became established, one of the things that was a question between Catholicism and the Reformation traditions was whether there was a…

— Marilynne Robinson

In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by…

— George Orwell

Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the…

— Robert Rainy

The church belongs to its hierarchy, which is men in power. Those outside the hierarchy, and especially women, are at best only renters and…

— Sonia Johnson

“The Church needs a firm hierarchy and is forced to distrust such of her underlings as show a tendency to become too holy.”

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Without the persistent rising up of individuals that seek the Lord and place themselves under His direct leadership, churches will inevitably...slip into human hierarchy,…

— Henry Hon

“There is a higher form of hierarchy and that is the hierarchy of the spirit. When I stand in front of a person, I…

— C. JoyBell C

... together we can build the people's Church, a true Church. Not just a hierarchy, or a building, but a real change inside people.

— Rigoberta Menchu

“The Greek Catholic inheritance has a profound ability to help a man transcend that time and place in which he happens to be and…

— Matthew W. Gaul