Bishops Quotes
The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing without the bishop and the presbyters priests.
Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only fairly recently that the church has had this great divide.
It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."
To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
Everybody's talking about ministers, sinisters, banisters, and canisters, bishops, fishops, rabbis, and popeyes, bye-bye, bye-byes.
British Beatitudes! ... Beer, beef, business, bibles, bulldogs, battleships, buggery and bishops.
If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'
The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.
At one congressional hearing, Bishop Francis Kalabat complained that administration officials are overlooking what's happening to his fellow Chaldean Christians.
As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
I've had to remove all mirrors from my home. I just can't seem to look at myself without having to buff the bishop, you know?
Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves.
There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by saying that, if we do not obey the bishops, we will rot in Hell.
In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.
That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.
In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, "If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you'd be a true Christian".
A very remarkable people the Zulus: they defeat our generals, they convert our bishops, they have settled the fate of a great European dynasty.
Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.
While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius.
Unbroken Evolution under uniform conditions pleased every one -- except curates and bishops; it was the very best substitute for religion; a safe, conservative practical, thoroughly Common-Law deity.
Bishop, this is a full tithe and a little bit more, because that's the way we have been blessed.
While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.
I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.
For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This isn't a dogmatic thing, but this is what I think.
The bishop is a lot like me...just when you think you have me, I'm already behind you.
A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.
