_Perpetuity._--That religion has always existed on earth, which consis… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

_Perpetuity._--That religion has always existed on earth, which consists in believing that man has fallen from a state of glory and of communion with God into a state of sorrow, penitence, and estrangement from God, but that after this life we shall be restored by a Messiah who should have come. All things have passed away, and this has endured, for which all things are.

Place: SECTION IX · ¶1828
License: Public domain · Source
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