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On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
There cannot be two moralities; and to hold that the Second Person of the Holy Trinity could teach a different morality from that which had been already revealed by the First Person of the Holy Trinity, is a dogma so full of terror that it may perhaps be looked upon as the ineffable sin against the Holy Spirit.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli argues against the possibility of differing moralities within the Holy Trinity.

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