The Son of God speaks, saying: 'If anyone is placed in charge over others, he should not be proud because he is a prelate. He should rather be fearful, seeing that all men are of the same nature and all power is from God. For, if the person placed in charge is good, this is God's doing for that person's own salvation and that of others. But if he is a bad person, God permits this for the sake of the improvement of his subordinates and his own greater condemnation.

Thus, when anyone either is forced to or wants to be a leader, he should show to his subordinates that he is a desirable candidate in his character and conduct and a worthy one in his uprightness and fairness. He should be on his guard so as not to provide others with either matter or occasion of sinning through his words or example or his abuse of power. Nothing so provokes God to anger or the people to sin as the immorality of prelates. Indeed, if Eli had proven himself a priest like Phinehas or Moses in the strength of his ministry and had spiritually loved his sons, all his descendants would have been saved'"