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The Church, like every body corporate, may alter her laws without changing her identity.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The Church, like every body corporate, may alter her laws without changing her identity.”
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Burke discusses the ability of the Church to adapt its laws while maintaining its core identity.
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