"We have now, it Seems, a National Bible Society, to propagate the King James's Bible through all Nations. Would it not be better to apply the pious SubScriptions, to purify Christendom from the Corruptions of Christianity; than to propagate those corruptions in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America!"
— Christianity

January 1, 1970

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John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson (November 4, 1816). Published in The Quotable John Adams (Globe Pequot, 2008), p. 185ff.