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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Persecution
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Requires
Devil
Religion
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Persecuted

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