A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, … - Emile Durkheim

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A sweet attractive kinde of grace, A full assurance given by lookes, Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell bookes.

Emile Durkheim

A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.

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Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics. . . The group thinks, feels, and acts quite differently from the way in which its members would were they isolated. If, then, we begin with the individual, we shall be able to understand nothing of what takes place in the group.

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Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

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We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.

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Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

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When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

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