I hold that the self-authentication of truth, or, in other words, seeing, is the authority, and the only authority there is in the field of religion. (Leslie Weatherhead)

I hold that the self-authentication of truth, or, in other words, seeing, is the authority, and the only authority there is in the field of religion.

Leslie Weatherhead

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