Peter R.L. Brown Quote

Without the tenacity of its gnarled, pre-Christian roots, modern Europe would have lacked the imaginative and intellectual roughage provided by an unresolved tension between the sacred and the profane. A Europe which grew only from Christian roots would have been a sadly anemic Europe.

Peter R.L. Brown

Without the tenacity of its gnarled, pre-Christian roots, modern Europe would have lacked the imaginative and intellectual roughage provided by an unresolved tension between the sacred and the profane. A Europe which grew only from Christian roots would have been a sadly anemic Europe.

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