The Catholics are the far more numerous part of the Christians in your country; and how can Christianity (that is now the point in issue) be supported under the persecution, or even under the discountenance, of the greater number of Christians?
Burke highlights the importance of the Catholic majority in supporting Christianity.
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I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.
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