"Ribas wrote under the most favourable circumstances and made good use of his opportunities."

"His reputation as an historian rests secure upon his history of the Jesuit missions of Mexico."

"Peter does not need our lies or our flattery. Those who blindly and indiscriminately defend every decision of the Sup…"

"While his superiors regarded him as one of the best and most zealous of friars, the people looked upon him as a saint."

"It is time to place an end to the iniquity and as human persons who preach love and peace, we lift our voices in favo…"

"Let no man thinke (speaking of the Indians,) that they are men of nothing; but if they thinke so, let them go and mak…"

"Apart from his sophistical defence of Spanish colonial policy, Acosta deserves high praise as an acute and diligent o…"

"Much of what he says is of necessity erroneous, because it is influenced by the standard of knowledge of his time; bu…"

"The first challenge is that the peoples take possession of the Church, they must feel part of it, they must feel subj…"

"Ambition was his chief failing; otherwise he was reputed a good theologian and a friend of art and letters, virtuous,…"