Matrimony is the only
Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor. Emily Murphy
Clergy
Without fear of contradiction,
Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
If all those magnificent
If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of women who hold property would be proportionately lightened….I cannot see any good reason why wealthy churches and a certain amount of property of the clergy should be exempt from taxation, while … Read more
Throughout this protracted and
Throughout this protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood, the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God’s blessing on proceedings that would have put to shame an assembly of Hottentots. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Among the clergy we
Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I doubt if we
I doubt if we nuns are really as self-sacrificing as we must seem to be to you who live in the world. We don’t give everything for nothing, you know. The mystery plays fair. Elizabeth Goudge
God looked upon His
God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him. Elbert Hubbard
Rediscovering the controversies that
Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What is the source of religious authority? For the Christian the question takes more specific form: What is the relation between the authority of ones own experience and that claimed for the scriptures, the … Read more
The pastoral labours of
The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among … Read more
To a philosophic eye,
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues. Edward Gibbon