History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century Vol 2
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Author: Jean-Merle Henri D'Aubigne
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In the state in which things were, through the greater part of Europe, during the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, and for some time both before and after that period, the constitution of the church of Rome may be considered as the most formidable combination that ever was formed against the authority and security of civil government, as well as against the liberty, reason, and happiness of mankind. In that constitution, the grossest delusions of superstition were supported in such a manner by the private interests of so great a number of people, as put them out of all danger from any assault of human reason. Had this constitution been attacked by no other enemies but the feeble efforts of human reason, it must have endured for ever… [Adam Smith]
