Here lies the author of this phrase: "The itch for disputing is the sore of churches." Seek his name elsewhere.

Hic jacet hujus sententiæ primus author:
DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES.
Nomen alias quære.

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