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Introduction; Chapter 1 The Founder and the Second1This has been suggested as a technical term to describe the disciple who becomes a founder's immediate successor in leadership. Cf. Honigsheim, P., 'Religionssoziologie', in Eisermann, G., Die Lebre von der Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 1958, p. 127. Cf. also below, pp. 75 et seq.; Chapter 2 Saint and Priest; Chapter 3 Monk and Predicant;