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But it entered into the life of most human beings not through its universality, as far as their thoughts and habits were concerned, but through an immediate ministration of rites and sacraments.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “But it entered into the life of most human beings not through its universality, as far as their thoughts and habits were…”
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Dewey explains that the church's influence on individuals is through direct rituals rather than its broader universality.
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