“The Patriarch Joseph, after agreeing with the Latins that their formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding FROM the Son meant the same as the Greek formula of the Holy Ghost proceeding THROUGH the Son, fell ill and died. An unkind… — 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
