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Quotation from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I) by Richard Hooker
“whom, for mine own part, I think incomparably the wisest man that ever the French church did enjoy, since the hour it enjoyed him.”
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Preface, ch. II (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text)
Hooker's tribute to John Calvin, the founder of the discipline he is about to argue is not binding on every church.
Citation: "whom, for mine own part, I think incomparably the wisest man that ever the French church did enjoy, since the hour it enjoyed him." — Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Preface, ch. II (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text). (id hooker-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-q2)
Portrait: Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1), Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
