Quote by Christopher Lascelles Download Open image ““Voltaire, rightly commented that it was ‘neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire’.”” — Christopher Lascelles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss. — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
“I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. ” — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Just a few words, away from Rome, are enough to show your opposition to the church within your nation.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
“You see, however, which is called the Court of Rome, and which neither you nor any man can deny to be more corrupt than… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility? {Said in a letter to Voltaire }” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity.” — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see that Christ,… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Truth, for its own sake, had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy. — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications of priests… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“western notions of medicine were based largely on superstition and exorcism in contrast to the Arab’s advanced clinical training and understanding of surgery, pharmacology… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“Jews would eventually be expelled from France in 1394 and Spain in 1492, having already been expelled from England in 1290.” — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“The Mayans developed several incredibly precise calendars without the use of any scientific instruments. Obsessed with time-keeping, they were even able to predict solar… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“The 21st century is no exception, with Swine Flu and Bird Flu acting as nasty reminders that rearing animals in close quarters – and… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“By the time the slave trade ended, the Caribbean had taken an estimated 50 percent of the roughly fifteen million African slaves transported to… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“Fearful of change, the Iberian peninsula77 failed to develop at the same pace as the rest of Europe and missed out on the Reformation… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“Spain was also determined to stamp out any free thought or intellectual activity that might challenge Catholicism. With this aim, books were banned,76 students… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“if one lived a moral life, was mindful of one’s actions, and developed wisdom, he taught, it was possible to dispel ignorance, rid oneself… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“The Roman Empire at its height was the largest empire the world had ever witnessed.” — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“The earliest evidence that has been found of complex societies comes from Mesopotamia – modern-day Iraq and Syria – in around 3500 BC.” — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
“The Protestant reformation gave a big boost to literacy, spawned dissent and heresies, and promoted scepticism and refusal of authority that is at the… — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
