If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

  • -- Charles Hodge 霍奇

如果所有教会的权力都归属于神职人员,那么在信仰和实践的所有问题上,人民实际上都必须被动服从;因为私底下审判的权柄、就都被弃绝了。

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I have a much wider, freer view about spirituality. I feel that people need to pursue it on their own, personally. You know, let it be theirs - a personal relationship with their soul, or their God, or with their church.

我对灵性有更广泛、更自由的看法。我觉得人们需要自己去追求。你知道,让它成为他们的——与他们的灵魂,或他们的上帝,或与他们的教会的私人关系。

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

漫步于疯人院,你会发现信仰并不能证明任何事情。

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

我喜欢礼拜开始前安静的教堂,胜过任何说教。

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

相信逻辑的人总是被现实所蒙蔽。