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Where Peter is, there must be the Church

St. Ambrose

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PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches
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RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
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PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
— Ambrose Bierce
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