Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
-- Charles Hodge
   
Charles Hodge   Name:
Charles Hodge
Type:
Theologian
Nationality:
American
Birth:
1797
Death:
1878
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