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Sir, i think all christians, whether papists or protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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Sir, I Think All Christians, Whether Papists

Samuel Johnson
Sir, i think all christians, whether papists or protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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