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Harold J. Laski: The Nonjurors had not changed; and they were preserving the Church in its integrity from men who strove to betray it to…

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The Nonjurors had not changed; and they were preserving the Church in its integrity from men who strove to betray it to the civil power.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski defends the Nonjurors as guardians of the Church's integrity against civil power.

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