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"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity."

Abraham Kuyper, Dutch Theologian

Church, Churches, Existence, Poor

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"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity."

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