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Atheists & Agnostics

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2. Interestingly, it was likely a churchman who wrote it.

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:28 PM

Dec 2015

Stephen Langton. King John hated him.

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Question for my fellow Vermin... [View all] NeoGreen Dec 2015 OP

If memory serves, the idea comes from the Magna Carta. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #1

Interestingly, it was likely a churchman who wrote it. JNelson6563 Dec 2015 #2

Ancient Rome had a version of it. onager Dec 2015 #3