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rome purpose genius
Genius, when employed in works whose tendency it is to demoralize and to degrade us, should be contemplated with abhorrence rather than with admiration; such a monument of its power, may indeed be stamped with immortality, but like the Coliseum at Rome, we deplore its magnificence because we detest the purposes for which it was designed. Charles Caleb Colton
rome cities paris
America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub. C. Wright Mills
romeo-and-juliet-play
Take it in what sense thou wilt. William Shakespeare
rome london pavement
Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere... terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven. Bernardo Bertolucci
rome europe curiosity
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still threatened with a repetition of those calamities, which formerly oppressed the arms and institutions of Rome. Edward Gibbon
rome history evil
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to mankind; and the same freedom of intercourse which extended the vices, diffused likewise the improvements of social life.
rome years cities
At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.
rome america empires
America is the new Roman Empire. Remember what happened to Rome. Eddie Izzard
rome history people
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
orthodoxy sides may
Orthodoxy on one side of the Pyrenees may be heresy on the other. Blaise Pascal
orthodoxy pits conservatism
Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism. Abraham Kuyper
orthodoxy prejudice world
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget. Aldous Huxley
orthodoxy
Orthodoxy is the death of intelligence. Bertrand Russell
orthodoxy generations next
The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next. Edith Hamilton
orthodoxy morality action
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
orthodoxy doe belief
Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does. Julien Green
orthodoxy danger
Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear. N. T. Wright
orthodoxy sap conservatism
The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap. Eric Hoffer
bishops church ourselves problem understand
We bishops got ourselves and the church into this problem, so I can understand that, and I have no problem with that whatsoever. None. Roger Mahony
bishops
Let's be clear, I'm one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England. Justin Welby
bishops helping repent
Seek out your bishop. He will show you how to repent and will help you do it. Richard G. Scott
bishops care hell
Emma took the revelation, on polygamy supposed she had all there was; but Joseph had wisdom enough to take care of it, and he had handed the revelation to Bishop Whitney, and he wrote it all off... She went to the fireplace and put it in, and put a candle under it and burnt it, and she thought that was the end of it, and she will be damned as sure as she is a living woman. Joseph used to say that he would have her hereafter, if he had to go to hell for her, and he will have to go to hell for her as sure as he ever gets her. Brigham Young
bishops cardinal category lawyer listen number
I think there are a number of bishops - and I put Cardinal Mahony in that category - who listen too much to his lawyer and not enough to his heart. Frank Keating
bishops dutiful soon
As dutiful bishops soon discover, authoritarianism, or control from the top down, characterizes the hierarchical tradition. Eugene Kennedy
bishops brought catholics council familiar francis known life ministers pastors priests seems since spirit vatican
Francis seems familiar because Catholics have already known him in the Vatican II priests who have been their pastors and sacramental ministers over the years since that council brought new life to an old church. Catholics have known him in the bishops and priests who brought the spirit of the council to their dioceses and parishes.
bishops bit nose ripe
Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable! Michael Leunig
bishops calls catholics confidence says technical
I don't think it necessarily calls for a technical fix, but it's important for what it says about the credibility of the bishops and the confidence Catholics have in their hierarchy.