Pope Francis

In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.

Argentinian Clergyman

Eugene Kennedy

Most ecclesiastical relics are fixed in time at the moment of their manufacture. That is why they are offered for veneration in casings that resemble pocket watches. They have lost their claim to mystery because they are so clearly the products of time.

American Psychologist

Joseph Story

It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject.

American Judge

Lucretia Mott

Those who read the Scriptures and judge for themselves, not resting satisfied with the perverted application of the text, do not find the distinction that theology and ecclesiastical authorities have made in the condition of the sexes.

American Activist

Charles Buck

Although it was in primitive times and differently called the Lord's day or Sunday, yet it was never denominated the Sabbath; a name constantly appropriate to Saturday, or the Seventh day both by sacred and ecclesiastical writers.

Richard Foster

We bless the organized church structures and their meetings. But if there are 10,000 others that meet outside of these ecclesiastical structures, that's wonderful, too. The kingdom of God moves forward in lots and lots of ways.

American Theologian

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.

American Clergyman

Lionel Blue

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

British Clergyman

H. L. Mencken

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

American Writer

Andres Serrano

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.

American Photographer

Ecclesiastic often refers to high-ranking church figures, not just any church member.

Church Positions

Ecclesiastics command respect and authority in religious contexts and rituals.

Authority Aspect

The term implies professional involvement in the church, not volunteer work.

Professional Clergy

Used to describe activities, structures, or rules pertaining to the church's function.

Church Matters

Covers broader concepts like church governance and theology, not only physical structures.

Not Just Buildings

Primarily used within the context of the church, less common in secular situations.

Intra-Church Use

 Twelve in their ecclesiastical or cultural or tribal attire affirming one message. We are so connected that we must treat each other