{"text":"The church is not to be judged by how useful we are as a 'supportive institution' and our clergy as members of a 'helping profession'. The church has its own reason for being, hid within its own mandate and not found in the world. We are not chartered by the Emperor.","author":"Stanley Hauerwas","tags":["church","establishment-of-religion","mandate"],"id":10355,"author_id":"Stanley+Hauerwas"}