Wherever the nominal church has assumed civil jurisdiction upon earth, it has always been extremely uncivil and oppressive. Ecclesiastical tyranny has filled a large portion of the world with persecution, lamentation, and wo, from time immemorial.
Church bodies that seize civil power have historically produced persecution rather than civility.
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