Sentences with phrase «authoritative sources down»

Not exact matches

He describes in characteristically straightforward language Protestantism's crisis of authority and its need for real shepherds: «The Church must have not only normative sources written down on paper but also authoritative officeholders ordained to teach the whole Church.»

Some sources of knowledge are more reliable than others, some «authorities» more likely to actually prove authoritative if one takes the trouble to pursue matters all the way down to the published literature.