We do not admit the authority of the church with respect to its preten…

Thomas Paine
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We do not admit the authority of the church with respect to its pretended infallibility, its manufactured miracles, its setting itself up to forgive sins. It was by propagating that belief and supporting it with fire that she kept up her temporal power. ✨ Thomas Paine (1824). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine, p.341
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