They were not wicked men,—the problem of life is not the problem of the wicked,—they were calm, good men, Bishops of the Apostolic Church of God, and strove toward righteousness.
In a discussion about the complexities of human morality and social problems, this statement challenges a simplistic view of good and evil.
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