“Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often made idols, and all must bow down to them or be punished.”
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J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle, the Bishop of Liverpool, was born on May 10, 1816, and died on June 10, 1900. He was a prominent religious leader in 19th-century England, known for his deep biblical scholarship and steadfast propagation of Christian faith. more
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