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Catherine believed that in order to save her precious Church, the Pope had to return. Catherine made it her life' s mission to bring the Pope back to Rome. Alone against the might of the papacy and the rulers of Europe, Catherine fought to save the Church and city. She wrote letter after letter imploring the Pope to leave Avignon. Some of the earliest editions are here at the Biblioteca Casanatense. Manuscript keeper Isabella Ceccopieri has agreed to translate them for me. " Come, come, and resist no more the will of God that calls you, for you, as the vicar of Christ, should rest in your own place and fear not for anything that might happen, since God will be with you." I guess the first thing that strikes you in this is that Catherine, she' s saying, " Get a move on, Pope. Get a move on, Holy Father. Get down there. This is my personal command." As if they were equals. As equals. Completely as equals. |
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kǎi sè lín shēn xìn tā nà zhēn guì de jiào huì yào de dào zhěng jiù, jiào huáng bì xū huí lái zhǔ chí dà jú. kǎi sè lín jiāng bǎ jiào huáng qǐng rù luó mǎ zuò wéi tā bì shēng de zé rèn. wèi le zhěng jiù jiào huì hé zhè zuò chéng shì, kǎi sè lín hé zhèi xiē zhǎng quán zhě dòu zhēng, zhèi xiē zhǎng quán zhě yǒu de shì jiào huáng yǒu de shì ōu zhōu de tǒng zhì zhě, tā yí ge rén kǔ kǔ zhī chēng. tā bù tíng dì xiě xìn gěi jiào huáng, yī fēng jiē yī fēng, qǐng jiào huáng lí kāi ā wéi ní wēng lái dào luó mǎ. zhèi xiē shū xìn jiù bǎo cún zài zhè: kǎ sà nà tè tú shū guǎn. shǒu gǎo bǎo guǎn yuán yī shā bèi lā qiè kè pí yé lǐ yǐ jīng tóng yì wèi wǒ fān yì zhèi xiē shǒu gǎo. " lái ba, lái ba, bú yào wéi bèi shàng dì de yì zhì, zhǔ zài zhào huàn nǐ. ér nǐ, shàng dì huī xià de mù shī, yīng dāng ān xiē zài nǐ zì jǐ de dì fāng. bú yào wèi jù hái wèi fā shēng de shì qíng. shàng dì jiāng yǔ nǐ tóng zài." wǒ xiǎng gāng cái zhèi xiē wén zì zhōng zuì néng dǎ dòng nǐ de shì kǎi sè lín kǎi sè lín de huà yǔ." kuài diǎn a, jiào huáng. kuài diǎn a, shèng fù. qǐng dào zhè lǐ lái. zhè shì wǒ gè rén de qǐng qiú." hǎo xiàng tā men shì píng děng de. shì de, wán quán píng děng. |