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Clearly, therefore, if the Church is no more than this, it has no supernatural pretensions to oppose to the human claims of the State.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Clearly, therefore, if the Church is no more than this, it has no supernatural pretensions to oppose to the human claims…”
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Laski contends that if the Church lacks supernatural claims, it cannot oppose the state's human authority.
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