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title: 'A Maxim by B.M. Palmer'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-08-27
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-a-maxim-by-b-m-palmer
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# A Maxim by B.M. Palmer

“In the history of the Church, laxity in doctrine is always sure to accompany contempt of discipline and order.” — [**Benjamin M. Palmer**](/authors/benjamin-morgan-palmer), *The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell* (1875), p. 194