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John Morley: His patronage of a Christianity fashioned by himself is to me more offensive and trying than rank unbelief.

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His patronage of a Christianity fashioned by himself is to me more offensive and trying than rank unbelief.
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John Morley

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Morley expresses his disdain for a version of Christianity that is overly personalized by its adherents.

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