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Edmund Burke: The Bible is a vast collection of different treatises: a man who holds the divine authority of one may consider the…

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The Bible is a vast collection of different treatises: a man who holds the divine authority of one may consider the other as merely human.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke highlights the diversity within the Bible, suggesting that different texts may hold varying levels of authority for individuals.

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