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“… comment made by Dom Prosper Guéranger,one of the greatest Catholic scholars, concerning the public protest of a layman at the heresy of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, in 428: When the shepherd turns into a wolf the first duty of the flock is to defend itself.”

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Book:The Barbarians Have Taken Over
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