You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.
Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically.
In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bishop has not laid hands upon him according to his traditions, God has Himself appointed him.
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.
All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his directions.
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.
The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament.
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.