Quote#World
The mere doctrines and opinions of men are things Spiritual, and…
Quote byJeremy Taylor · 1613–1667
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Θεολογία Εκλεκτική: Of the Liberty of Prophesying (1647), Section 20.
English (original)
The mere doctrines and opinions of men are things Spiritual, and therefore not Cognoscible by a temporal Authority; and the Ecclesiastical Authority, which is to take Cognisance is itself so Spiritual, that it cannot inflict any punishment corporal.
— Jeremy Taylor
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