Clergy
- John Russell (clergyman) (1626–1692), Puritan minister
- John Joyce Russell (1897–1993), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- John Lewis Russell (1808–1854), American botanist and Unitarian minister
- John Russell (prohibitionist) (1822–1912), Methodist preacher and prohibitionist
- John Russell (parson) (1795–1883), hunter, dog breeder and cleric
- John Russell (bishop) (died 1494), bishop of Lincoln and Lord High Chancellor of England, 1483–1485
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Famous quotes containing the word clergy:
“I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“...I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not need persuasion or bribery, if their hearts are with us; if they are not, we are better without them. It is idle to suppose that the kingdom of heaven cannot come on earth, without their cooperation.”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)
“I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against another without charity or discretion. Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their new sumpsimus. Thus all men almost be in variety and discord.”
—Henry VIII (1491–1547)