“Charlemagne, however, was predictably furious. He had grown up with the filioque; if the East refused to accept it, the East was wrong. And who cared about the East anyway? He was the emperor now; the pope should nail his… — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“God has given us the Papacy,” the thirty-seven-year-old pope is said to have written to his brother Giuliano soon after his accession, “now let… — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“The Patriarch Joseph, after agreeing with the Latins that their formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding FROM the Son meant the same as the… — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“The fact remains that he was less a pope than a Renaissance prince. Homosexual like his predecessor, he was a cultivated and polished patron… — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“All forms of literature are dangerous; but in none is the danger more acute than in historical fiction...” — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
“Charlemagne, however, was predictably furious. He had grown up with the filioque; if the East refused to accept it, the East was wrong. And… — John Julius Norwich Copy Share Image
