The enemies of Christ ... could not bear his independence; his "Give the emperor that which is the emperor's” showed a contempt for the affairs of state and its politics-for the moral order-that their self-respect would not let them tolerate. (John Carroll)

The enemies of Christ ... could not bear his independence; his "Give the emperor that which is the emperor's” showed a contempt for the affairs of state and its politics-for the moral order-that their self-respect would not let them tolerate.

John Carroll

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