A Quote by Agnes Repplier
If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side.
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The system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent churches are all the same in nature. They are all Nicolaitans. In the Bible there are only brothers. There is the gift of a pastor, but no system of pastors. The pastoral system is man's tradition. If the children of God are not willing to return to the position of that in the beginning, no matter what they do, it will not be right.
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