Is it permissible to benefit from a library belonging to a church for study?
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We do not know of any religious impediment that prevents entering libraries belonging to churches, studying in them, and benefiting from the useful books they contain, provided one is cautious of anything that might tempt a person in their religion or confuse them with doubts that they do not possess the religious knowledge to refute. Entering them with their permission is not prohibited.
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