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To be real, it must be independent, and to be independent, it must have organs of self-expression.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “To be real, it must be independent, and to be independent, it must have organs of self-expression.”
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Laski argues that for a church to be genuine, it must possess independence and means for self-expression.
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