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Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years Quotes: There is no surer basis for fanaticism than bad history, which is invariably history oversimplified.
         

There is no surer basis for fanaticism than bad history, which is invariably history oversimplified.


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