The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never c… - Jacques Maritain

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The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her.

Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher, and was one of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have prevailed against her. - Jacques Maritain

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