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Ambrose, while he was eminent as a statesman, was, in other respects, merely typical of his age. He wrote, like other ecclesiastical authors, a treatise in praise of virginity, and another deprecating the remarriage of widows. When he had decided on the site for his new cathedral, two skeletons (revealed in a vision, it was said) were conveniently

Lugar de culto, lugar público, a igreja seria, então, também um lugar de sedução e de prazer. Onde, vez por outra, Deus dava licença ao Diabo...

The first philosopher who can be regarded as strictly a scholastic is Roscelin.

Ela, então, começa a se adequar àquilo que está sendo exigido dela, ou seja, ela começa a usar uma máscara.

Gerbert d’Aurillac, the first Frenchman to become pope – he reigned as Sylvester II between 999 and 1003 – made an unusual disposition at Rheims in 991 on the occasion of his consecration as Archbishop. He stated his belief in both the Old and New Testaments, the legitimacy of marriage, eating meat and the existence of an evil spirit that was lesse

chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore. Non

Ambrose, on becoming bishop of Milan, melted all of the objects of gold in the temple, saying, “The church has gold not to store up but to lay out and spend on those in need, for would not the Lord himself say: why didst thou suffer so many to die of hunger?