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# This Christian warfare is no light matter
- URL: https://www.theholyfight.com/this-christian-warfare-is-no-light-matter/
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:06:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T21:06:43.000Z
- Description: J. C. Ryle, Holiness
- Author: Sean Catlett
- Tags: Library, J. C. Ryle

> Remember the maxim of the wisest General that ever lived in England—'In time of war it is the worst mistake to underrate your enemy, and try to make a little war.' This Christian warfare is no light matter.

**J. C. Ryle**, *Holiness* (1879)

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J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) was the first Anglican Bishop of Liverpool. *Holiness* is his best-known book.

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