In the aftermath of Munster, the dispirited Anabaptists of the Lower Rhine area gained new heart through the ministry of Menno Simons (c. 1496–1561). Although always in great personal danger, Menno, a former priest, traveled widely to visit the scattered Anabaptist groups of northern Europe. Although Menno was not the founder of the movement, most of the descendants of the Anabaptists are to this day called Mennonite.
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a part it is of what kind of a whole; and that there is no one who hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which thou art a part.
“She’ll be safer for him than a girl would. More judgement.”
He looked at me, his eyes fumbling, the words fumbling at what he was trying to say. “It aint always the safe things in this world that a fellow……”
“You mean, the safe things are not always the best thing?”
Anagni came to symbolize the descent of papal power—even as Canossa, some two centuries before, had symbolized its ascent. When Boniface’s successor in Rome died after a brief, ineffectual reign, Philip’s daring coup bore its fruit. In 1305 the College of Cardinals elected a Frenchman, the archbishop of Bordeaux, as Pope Clement V. Clement never set foot in Rome, preferring to stay closer to home, where he was always accessible to royal bidding.
What constitutes meaning in life?
And do we always need to deal in absolutes?!
The need for a higher authority to exert structural guidance is slowly coming to an end...
(Hayatta anlamı oluşturan şey nedir?
Ve her zaman mutlak olanlarla mı uğraşmamız gerekir?!
Yapısal bir rehberlik uygulaması için daha yüksek bir otoriteye duyulan ihtiyaç, yavaş yavaş sona eriyor...)