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With shame be it spoken: by her fall, the Church's liberties have been sacrificed for the sake of temporal advantages. The road to her ruin lay through the sinuous paths of riches: she has been prostituted in the streets to princes; she has conceived iniquity and will bring forth oppression to the undeserving.
Thomas Becket
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"With shame be it spoken: by her fall, the Church's liberties have been sacrificed for the sake of temporal advantages. The road to her ruin lay through the sinuous paths of riches: she has been prostituted in the streets to princes; she has conceived iniquity and will bring forth oppression to the undeserving."
— Thomas Becket

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With shame be it spoken: by her fall, the Church's liberties have been sacrificed for the sake of temporal advantages. The road to her ruin lay through the sinuous paths of riches: she has been prostituted in the streets to princes; she has conceived iniquity and will bring forth oppression to the undeserving. — Thomas Becket

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Thomas Becket was a Clergyman from Kingdom of England (1119–1170).

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Who said "With shame be it spoken: by her fall, the Church's liberties have been sacrific…"?
This quote is attributed to Thomas Becket, a Clergyman from Kingdom of England.
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Thomas Becket lived from 1119 – 1170.