Quote#God & Faith
Christ forbiddeth his disciples and that oft... not only to climb…
Quote byWilliam Tyndale · 1494–1536
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Obedience of A Christian Man (1528).
English (original)
Christ forbiddeth his disciples and that oft... not only to climb above lords, kings, and emperors in worldly rule, but also to exalt themselves one above another in the kingdom of God: but in vain; for the pope would not hear it, though he had commanded it ten thousand times.
— William Tyndale
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