It Is Said That Water Is For

When Holy Church Occasionally Hinted That She Still Considered Her Authority To Be Supreme Over All Nations And Superior To The Authority Of States, Men In These Times Tended To Snicker.

But Neither Infinite Power Nor Infinite Wisdom Could Bestow Godhood Upon Men. For That There Would Have To Be Infinite Love As Well.

Men Must Fumble Awhile With Error To Separate It From Truth, I Think- As Long As They Don't Seize The Error Hungrily Because It Has A Pleasanter Taste.

Ask For An Omen, Then Stone It When It Comes -- De Essentia Hominum.

That's Where All Of Us Are Standing Now, He Thought. On The Fat Kindling Of Past Sins.