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The whole position as regards heresy, dogma, enquiry, reason and the like was supported by the authority of a great institution, but Jesus had revealed no specific institution and all institutions, great an small, old and new, have been deduced by men's reason from this or that phrases or text of Gospel. No church.. can point to any statement in the Gospel which indicates its pattern, its rule of succession.. Not one of the institutions of Christendom can say it is designed and built in direct conformity with an express command of Christ.. All are man-made.
(54:3)
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