Sublime

17All of these were enrolled by genealogies in the days of King Jotham of Judah, and in the days of King Jeroboam of Israel.

Justin Martyr (c.100–c.165), who employed the Stoic conception of a divine ‘Reason’ (Logos) pervading all things – partially present in all rational intellects – to explain who the eternal Son of God, incarnate in Jesus, was.

It was Amaury de Montfort who inadvertently brought more grief on the Good Christians. After several years of losing ground to both Raymond VII and Roger Bernard of Foix, Amaury and Raymond agreed a truce in the summer of 1223. In January 1224, Raymond took control of Toulouse, and the following month Amaury admitted that he was beaten. He ceded al

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?

ST. ALPHONSUS MARY DE LIGUORI (d. 1787) was seen at two different locations at the same time, once being seen in the pulpit preaching a sermon and at the same time being in the confessional.

Com esses três “ídolos”, como dirá Nietzsche, foi possível salvar a fé: conciliando a vida e o ideal, sacrificando-a eventualmente por ele, foi possível preservar a certeza de se “salvar”, passando pela última via de acesso à eternidade.