Bishops Quotes

“If we look back into history for the character of present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England, blamed persecution in the Roman church, but practised it against the Puritans: these found it wrong in the Bishops, but fell into the same practice themselves both here and in New England.

[Letter to the London Packet, 3 June 1772]”
― ben franklin, The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin

“God doesn’t give us pain to make us strong. He gives us strength to look inside ourselves and realize we are not innocent victims. When you learn humility, you are no longer a victim because a humble man is not self-absorbed. He seeks to understand why people are hurting him and takes responsibility for his part in their grief. Humility doesn’t dwell with anger or pride, and neither does God.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against gay people. On the contrary, the only persons known by name to have been punished for homosexual acts were prominent bishops.”
― John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

“If you want someone to help you heal then you don’t go to the enemy; you go to the one person that fears a bad reputation if they don’t help you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I am a cuddly atheist... I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a silly notion... I am passionately concerned about the rise in pseudo-science; in beliefs in alternative medicine; in creationism. The idea that somehow it is based on logic, on rational arguments, but it's not. It doesn't stand up to empirical evidence.

In the same way in medicine, alternative medicines like homeopathy or new age therapies – reiki healing – a lot of people buy into it and it grates against my rationalist view of the world. There is no evidence for it. It is deceitful. It is insidious. I feel passionately about living in a society with a rationalist view of the world.

I will be vocal on issues where religion impacts on people's lives in a way that I don't agree with – if, for instance, in faith schools some of the teaching of religion suggests the children might have homophobic views or views that are intolerant towards other belief systems...

I am totally against, for example, bishops in the House of Lords. Why should someone of a particular religious faith have some preferential treatment over anyone else? This notion that the Church of England is the official religion of the country is utterly outmoded now.”
― Jim Al-Khalili

“We are weak Christians simply because we have refused to be bondservants of Christ”
― Dr Paul Gitwaza

“I have noticed over the past three years that most African Christians depend on their pastor or preachers for directions in life than their lecturers, politicians and nurses. That tells why most people refuse certain medical priorities with regards to their pastor's messages. I think if every pastor should have entrepreneurial knowledge coupled with spiritual integrity, Africa will shake!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“If the bishops had not called vain imaginings religion, philosophers would not regard religion as vain imaginings.”
― Mirzá Azizu llah-i-Misbáh

“Nous sommes des chrétiens faibles simplement parce que nous avons refusé d'être des serviteurs de Christ”
― Dr Paul Gitwaza

“God is the message owner; prophets and pastors are messengers. It's happens on no account when the messenger becomes greater than the message owner! Let's us avoid these "human worships", confining our source of hope in prophets, kings, presidents, lawyers, etc. God deserves the greatest honour!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Impamvu tur' abakristo bintegenke nuko tutar' imbata nyazo za Kristo”
― Dr Paul Gitwaza

“Impamvu turi abakristo b'intege nke ni uko tutari imbata nyazo za Kristo”
― Dr Paul Gitwaza

“A little humpbacked man with a waxen face, his cadaverous skin covered in black blotches, crossed himself and kissed the black fingertips of his emaciated hand, while a group of nodding bishops dressed in red, wiping the sweat from their chins with kerchiefs embroidered with yellow mitres, walked past him through Saint Peter's Square. His eyelids and eyelashes were painted black with mascara, his eyes were yellowish and blood-spotted, his sparse hair was dyed black, his moustache flecked with gray. Wheezing, he pulled his mouth open and closed and grasped his throat with a hand covered in golden rings.”
― Josef Winkler, Natura morta

“Rose’s baby can’t be confirmed for the next fifteen years and anything might happen before then,” from which words it was perfectly clear to her hearers that she had courageously envisaged the beautiful and comforting thought that the present Bishop of Barchester might be dead by that time.”
― Angela Thirkell, Private Enterprise

“The true church is not a building, but a body of believers united in faith and love. It's a community of people who come together to worship, pray, and serve. The true church is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ, with the Bible as its guiding light. It's not a physical structure, but a spiritual entity that transcends walls and boundaries. The true church is where hearts are transformed, and lives are changed. Wherever believers gather in Jesus' name, the true church is present.”
― Shaila Touchton