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Religiously, the Church exalted the status quo; and where, as with Wesley, there was revolt, its impetus directed the mind to the source of salvation in the individual act.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski discusses the Church's role in maintaining the status quo and the individualistic focus of religious revolts.
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