Assertion Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by the Church.” quote by Leo Tolstoy — Download Open image

“Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by the Church.”

Leo Tolstoy

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