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单词 the nearer the church, the farther from god
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the nearer the church, the farther from God
P1. Proverb. the nearer the church, the farther from God and variants.
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c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 45 (MED) The nere the chyrche, þe fer fro Crist.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Cv The nere to the churche, the ferther from god.
1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 124 Worldlie Bethlehem was not further from Christ, then when Christ was borne in their litle Towne. The neerer the Church, commonlie the further from God.
1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 31 Hath verified the Proverbe, The neerer the Church the further from God.
1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 63 As the old Proverb is, the nearer the Church, the further from God, there being nor such sordid stinking sinks..to be seen..as are easie to be seen in Cathedrals.
1737 Diss. Constit. & Effects of Petty Jury 7 There is a Sort of an Ecclesiastical Saying in every Body's Mouth; The nearer the Church, the farther from God.
a1770 G. Whitefield 18 Serm. (1771) vii How often, alas! is it the case, I am sure it is very often the case in London, the nearer the church the further from God.
1843 Christian Remembrancer June 837/2 We should be much more tempted to..abide by the jocose Protestant proverb—‘The nearer the Church the farther from God’.
1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 346/1 ‘The nearer the church, the nearer the devil!’ The crime was traced eventually to the monks..above the Treasury.
1929 Amer. Speech 4 465 The nearer the church the farther from grace.
1998 E. R. Anderson Gram. Iconism vii. 212 The popular anticlerical proverb, ‘The nearer the Church, the farther from God’.
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