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John Burgon Quotes

1813–1888 England

John William Burgon (21 August 1813 – 4 August 1888) was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876. He was known during his lifetime for his poetry and his defence of the historicity and Mosaic authorship of Genesis.

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Either, with the best and wisest of all ages, you must believe the whole of Holy Scripture; or, with the narrow-minded infidel, you must disbelieve the whole. There is no middle course open to you.

A rose-red city—‘half as old as Time!’

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Burgon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.