Quote#Speech
Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words,…
Quote byJohn Wycliffe · 1320–1385
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 15.
English (original)
Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.
— John Wycliffe
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