A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out unafraid to risk official censure or even death ...
Long ago, many people believed that sneezing could make a person’s soul escape the body. Saying “bless you” was thought to ...
For example, in the first-century Gospels, John the Baptist ... writing letters urging Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome and restore peace to Italy and the church – a goal the pope finally ...
We find, as far back as the fifth century ... Pope. It even appears probable, and the opinion has been adopted by Amalarius of Metz, Berno of Reichnau, Dom Martene, and Benedict XIV, that St ...