Quote#Freedom
Christ found the religions of the world oppressed almost to…
Quote byJohn Tyndall · 1820–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New Fragments (1892).
English (original)
Christ found the religions of the world oppressed almost to suffocation by the load of formulas piled upon them by the priesthood. He removed the load, and rendered respiration free. He cared little for forms and ceremonies, which had ceased to be the raiment of man's spiritual life. To that life he looked, and it he sought to restore.
— John Tyndall
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