Church of God-21st Century Library/Archive Usage Agreement

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The cog21.org Library/Archive is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions.

The cog21.org Library/Archive does not own rights to "all" material archived on this site. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its Library/Archive. It is the researcher/student's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the cog21.org Library/Archive.

The contents of this site, our Library/Archive have been researched, collected, compiled, and written by Church of God brethren to preserve for research and study the history and underlying doctrines of the Church of God founded on Pentecost A.D.31. The views and opinions expressed in this Library/Archive are not necessarily the collective views and opinions of all Church of God organizations.

The mission of the cog21.org Library/Archive is to make its resources available and useful to researchers/students of Church of God history and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of essential historical and educational documents for future generations. The goal of the cog21.org Library/Archive is to offer educational/research access to a wide range of historical and educational documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning.

The cog21.org Library/Archive presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect growth in grace and knowledge throughout the Eras of God's Church.

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