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There are some who reject the Canticles; others, six of the Epistles; the Apocalypse has been suspected even as heretical, and was doubted of for many ages, and by many great men.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke notes the historical skepticism surrounding certain biblical texts, indicating a lack of consensus on their authority.
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