In his last years Linacre gave up medicine for the Church and then for the first time read the gospels. On so doing he exclaimed, 'Either this is not the gospel or we are not Christians.

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The saying, “In his last years Linacre gave up medicine for the Church and then for the first time read the gospels. On so doing he exclaimed, ‘Either this is not the gospel or we are not Christians.” was said by Richard Rolle of Hampole, a 13th century Englishman.

Source: Erasmus Of Christendom

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