Quote#World
Contention arises either through error in men's judgments or else…
Quote byJames Ussher · 1581–1656
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Causes of the Continuance of the Contentions Concerning Church Government.
English (original)
Contention arises either through error in men's judgments or else disorder in their affections. When contention does grow by error in judgment, it ceases not till men by instruction come to see wherein they err, and what it is that did deceive them; without this there is neither notice nor punishment that can establish peace in the Church.
— James Ussher
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