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Clericalism Alienating the People

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 22, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 37.

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Clericalism Alienating the People

The Bishop of Hereford, whose see is one of the richest in England, declares that the masses of England were not attending church because “clericalism was choking the church, and alienating it from the people.” In other words, the very ministers that ought to bring people to the church and bring the church close to the people, were alienating the people from the church.