Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.
John Nelson DarbyAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: english
- Born: November 18, 1800
- Died: April 29, 1882
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