Started reading through this. Another book about books.
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“Allegorical figures were extremely popular at the time; actors and actresses representing Divine Justice, Holy Religion, and Saintly Sacrifice would declaim onstage and then fly straight up to heaven.”
#Italy #Jubilee #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I love connecting history to today. Pope Leo XIV traveled to Nicaea this week to celebrate the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. While there, he reminded his audience to beware of a new Arianism in today‘s society that rejects the divinity of Christ. #nicaea #councilofnicaea #jesuschrist #arianism #catholicism #churchhistory #popeleoxiv #worldhistory
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“Gianbattista was learned, courteous, and by now, sober. He was also indecisive to the point of paralysis, deeply suspicious of others, and subject to gloomy silent depressions. Over time, he had developed a highly effective defense to prevent others from seeing the doubts that lurked inside him—a wall of inscrutable dignity.”
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“He had little capacity for such [scholarly] tasks and applied himself slowly to studies, passing his youth more in the pastimes of a cavalier than in learning the law. Despite his uncle‘s assiduous efforts, he could not make him forget his nocturnal pleasures.”
