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John Morley: “The issue at stake was the maintenance of the supremacy of the Church, and the ancient Christian organisation of France…”

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The issue at stake was the maintenance of the supremacy of the Church, and the ancient Christian organisation of France and of Europe.
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John Morley

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Morley highlights the struggle for the Church's supremacy in the context of European politics.

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