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John Morley: It is quite open to you at once to dispose of the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds and to decline inquiring whether they are…

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It is quite open to you at once to dispose of the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds and to decline inquiring whether they are distinctive, upon the ground that they are not documents employed in the instruction of young children....
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John Morley

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Morley asserts that certain creeds can be disregarded in the context of children's education.

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