Christ found the religions of the world oppressed almost to… - John Tyndall

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Christ found the religions of the world oppressed almost to suffocation by the load of formulas piled upon them by the priesthood. He removed the load, and rendered respiration free. He cared little for forms and ceremonies, which had ceased to be the raiment of man's spiritual life. To that life he looked, and it he sought to restore.

John Tyndall

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John Tyndall (August 2, 1820 – December 4, 1893) was an Irish physicist.

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