"That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it …"

"The importance of status is vividly illustrated by perhaps the most celebrated summit in German history: the meeting …"

"The reconciliation was short-lived. After being excommunicated a second time Henry crossed the Alps with his army and…"

"As a mere constellation of talent in different fields Anselm, Gregory VII and William the Conqueror were the greatest…"

"Religion, and it can merge into nationalism as orthodoxy does with the Serbs and the Russians, offers both a cause wo…"

"This same norm of Apostolic doctrine is firmly maintained by his (Peter's) successors, of him to whom the Lord entrus…"

"His own sanctity of life, severity of morals, and aversion to luxury made more resplendent his virtues and talents."

"God forgive you! What have you done?"

"A man of a spirit most pure and blameless. It was however remarked, half jestingly, that as he had come into the worl…"

"All the lands of the West have their eyes directed toward our humility; by them we are considered as a God upon earth."