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clergy have alone prospered under its shade
It was adopted by kings, in order to enslave nations, after it had been founded by the popes, for the very purpose of making kings their vassals; and thus aiming at sovereignty, and spurning at mankind at large, the ambition and impunity of the clergy have alone prospered under its shade.
— from History of the Inquisition from Its Establishment Till the Present Time by William Sime

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