Edward believes that all religions are cousins at heart and begin in the right spirit but then they are corrupted by the desire for power.

Brian Doyle
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In "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, there is a Knight who gives a long speech about the difference between Christianity and other religions. Edward believes that all religions are cousins at heart and begin in the right spirit but then they are corrupted by the desire for power. The Knight's speech demonstrates a response to a prior statement, "Religion was not made to order." In this quote, he makes a case that all religions have the same goal of spreading good and that differences between religions are simply degrees of achieving that goal.

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