Elaine Pagels quote

Orthodox theologians insisted that the rest of humankind were only transitory creatures, lost in sin - a view that would support what would become their dominant teaching about salvation, offered only through Christ, and, in particular, through the church they claimed to represent.
Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels
Born: Feb 13, 1943

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