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Thought for the Day 12 November 2009

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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As neither the local rulers nor the pastors of the Church are impeccable in act nor infallible in judgment, I am not obliged to maintain that all ecclesiastical measures and permissions have ever been praiseworthy and safe precedents.

From the ‘Preface to the Third Edition’ of the Prophetical Office of the Church (1877) Click here for the full text (leaves site)