It is abusive when people are taught to accept the word of those in authority, and that questioning of that authority is an affront to God. It is abusive when any person or group of persons claims to speak the word of God, and that claim is not subject to discernment by the wider community of believers. It is abusive when decisions are made in secret by a small group of powerholders, and such hierarchical rule is interpreted as being Christian.
Mike Riddell, Threshold of the Future, SPCK, 1998, p. 67
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