“The evil of the Church is the doing of Church work in a spirit of business, something to be got through. The only way to avoid this is for the priest to be instant in prayer. If he is not, he will lose that touch of the supernatural, without which he has no right to be a priest at all.” IfsWaySpiritEvilLosesChurchPrayerInstantPriests Author:Arthur Middleton
“There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church.” ThinkingWantKindFormChurchDirectorsWorshipMereDetermineDoctrineAdministrationPriests Author:Arthur Middleton
“We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.” PeopleMayPurposeChurchLordTasteSalvationIntroducing Author:Arthur Middleton
“Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself.” FormChristChurchMissionsRootedConvenientIncarnationOrganisationPriesthood Author:Arthur Middleton
“The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process.” SpiritualProcessChurchEvolutionNotesMereKingdomsRedemptionKingdom Of GodIncarnation Author:Arthur Middleton
