Quote#Speech
There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how,…
Quote byJohn Wycliffe · 1320–1385
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Latin statement in De Quattuor Sectis Novellis, as translated in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 16.
English (original)
There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how, when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.
— John Wycliffe
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