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133* (:It was only in that perfect separation from the evil world of temporal affairs that it was possible for the "dwelling of God to be with men.":)

What the Emperor could not accomplish by tortures he obtained by favors and gifts; he joined their faith only to drag it into the unfaith of his paganism.

(:Emperor Constantine and Pope Sylvester are accomplices in a great conspiracy against God. But this would not be so bad as the fact that they declared their transaction to be of divine sanction. The alliance of Church and state was declared to be in accordance with the true faith, and whoever now dares challenge it is condemned as a heretic.:)

1-Sam. 8: 4–9,.

1-Sam.12:18–19,.

2-Cor.11: 2.

Rev. 21:3.

Rev. 21:3.