“From the earliest times, many converts had their own ideas about who Jesus was and what he meant. Those ideas that were not accepted by the mainstream bishops were labeled “heresy,” which comes from the Greek heresias, “choice.”
― Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
― Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
“Over time, these writings of the early church fathers and the decrees of popes and church councils became accepted truth in the same way the Bible was.”
― Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
― Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
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