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Benjamin Disraeli: “It was for something deeper than this, higher and holier than even Moses could fulfil, that angels announced the Coming.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
It was for something deeper than this, higher and holier than even Moses could fulfil, that angels announced the Coming.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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In his biography of Lord George Bentinck, Disraeli explains the profound significance of Christ's advent beyond Mosaic law.

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