Quotes about Hierarchy

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior.

Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior.

Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior.

The highest does not stand without the lowest.