Medieval Christians/high Middle Ages 800-1300/investiture Controversy

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    “The Christos-image
    is most difficult to disentangle
    from its art-craft junk-shop
    paint-and-plaster medieval jumble
    of pain-worship and death-symbol.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.”
    —Tertullian (c. 150–230)

    “I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak.”
    —Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (1905–1983)

    “People who are always praising the past
    And especially the times of faith as best
    Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages
    And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.”
    —Stevie Smith (1902–1971)

    “What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”
    —Octavio Paz (b. 1914)

    “Ours was a highly activist administration, with a lot of controversy involved ... but I’m not sure that it would be inconsistent with my own political nature to do it differently if I had it to do all over again.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)