Highest Church Authority

Famous quotes containing the words highest, church and/or authority:

“The highest compact we can make with our fellow is—”Let there be truth between us two forevermore.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.”
—Marian Wright Edelman (20th century)

“It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority not violation of integrity.”
—Sarvepalli, Sir Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)