Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about t…

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Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity ✨ Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). The Table Talk of Martin Luther, p.220
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