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“...the Pope vigorously upholds the real power of redemption to liberate the human heart from the domination of lust, calling men and women to…

— Christopher West

“Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be obeyed before…

— Anonymous

I don't want to interpret the pope's words, especially as I am one of those horrible people who fell away from the Roman church…

— Wolfgang Schauble

Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant that through…

— Martin Luther

“But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that abounding dignity which has no robed investiture.…

— Herman Melville

“See a storm. See a bad spanking. See your boy is ugly. Decide your boy is the pope. Blow the pope away with an…

— Amanda Boyden

“A future priest, I faced her as before an altar: one of her cheeks was the Epistle and the other the Gospel. Her mouth…

— Machado de Assis

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by…

— William Laud

“Proud Prelate, you know what you were before I made you what you are. If you do not immediately comply with my request I…

— Elizabeth I

“God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian and I…

— Martin Luther

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope,…

— Martin Luther