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But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and

But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time.

Leo Tolstoy
Men, Names, Church
Leo Tolstoy (graf) (1951). “The kingdom of God: and peace essays”

Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by the Church.

Leo Tolstoy
Church, Christ, Assertion
Leo Tolstoy (2009). “The Kingdom of God Is Within You: Easyread Edition”, p.68, ReadHowYouWant.com

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