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It is only when social movements have receded into past history...…

Quote byWalter Rauschenbusch · 1861–1918

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ch.4 Why Has Christianity Never Undertaken the Work of Social Reconstruction?, p. 150.

English (original)

It is only when social movements have receded into past history... that the Church with pride turns around to claim that it was she who abolished slavery, aroused the people to liberty, and emancipated woman.

— Walter Rauschenbusch

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