# Quote — Lawrence Durrell, Mountolive

> The Copts — the only branch of the Christian Church which was thoroughly integrated into the Orient! But then your good Bishop of Salisbury openly said he considered these oriental Christians as worse than infidels, and your Crusaders massacred them joyfully.

- Author: [Lawrence Durrell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lawrence-durrell.md)
- Book: [Mountolive](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lawrence-durrell/mountolive.md)
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