#daine

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. ↗

— Rebecca West

#clumsy #gestures #imperfect #international #knowledge

Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#call #calls #christ #church #duties

Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#authority #christ #civil #derive #divine

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#god #institution #marriage #ordained #out

I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#believes #buddhist #few #i #i think

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#enters #every #god #higher #his

Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening. ↗

— Thomas Ken

#every #god #him #lamb #law

So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#becoming #before #between #close #deacon

Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#church #i #involved #late #legal

I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#already #come #going #i #i think