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There Is A Kind Of Thinking In The Church That Wants To Reduce The Priest To A Mere Functionary, A Managing Director, Where Administration Rather Than Doctrine And Worship Are To Determine The Form Of The Church.

-Arthur Middleton

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There Is A Kind Of Thinking In

Arthur Middleton

There Is A Kind Of Thinking In The Church That Wants To Reduce The Priest To A Mere Functionary, A Managing Director, Where Administration Rather Than Doctrine And Worship Are To Determine The Form Of The Church.

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