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Victoria C. Woodhull: “If in its attainment the Church crumbles, why falter?”

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If in its attainment the Church crumbles, why falter?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull questions the value of the Church if its collapse leads to the pursuit of truth.

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