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Edmund Burke: Against this new, this growing, this exterminatory system, all these churches have a common concern to defend…

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Against this new, this growing, this exterminatory system, all these churches have a common concern to defend themselves.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke highlights the shared concern among churches to defend against a growing threat.

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