“Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.”
Irish Proverb
“The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Benefit of clergy: Half-rate on the railroad”
Mark Twain
“I found that the clergy did not understand their own book”
“It's dangerous and unnecessary, ... We need an absolute and public blanket ban on recruiting and use of journalists and clergy by any intelligence agencies, and also the use of journalistic cover.”
Terry Anderson
“In memory of children abused by clergy.”
William Levada
“The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative work and that some element of creativity should be required as a condition for ordination.”
Andrew Greeley
