Priesthood Quotes

“If being a good priest means being obedient to a corrupt system, then I choose not to be a 'good priest' in their eyes.”

“I am a priest forever, but I am not a churchman.”

“The priest is not a functionary of the sacred, but a witness to the Gospel.”

“Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins, but offering a sacrifice of praise.”

“We are not talking about the personal qualities of women. We are talking about the nature of the priesthood as a representative office.”

“The priest is not a priest for himself; he is a priest for you.”

“The heavens are just as open to women who are endowed with God's power flowing from their priesthood covenants as they are to men who bear the priesthood.”

“The Church of England has... chosen to abandon the traditional path and create for itself a new sort of priesthood, unknown to the Catholic Church throughout the ages.”