“For the line of cleavage does not fall between the various groups, Catholic, Agnostic, Evangelical, or what not, but between the Catholic Church and all else. She is unique, and at issue with the world.”

—  Hilaire Belloc

Source: Survivals and New Arrivals (1929), Ch. IV The Main Opposition (ii) Anti-Clericalism

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