Quote

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.

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

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.

The great majority of the nobility and gentry of England clung to the doctrine and ceremonies of the ancient church, and yet were united in determination to oppose the papal claims.

This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.

As dutiful bishops soon discover, authoritarianism, or control from the top down, characterizes the hierarchical tradition.

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.