EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Peter Paul Rubens, Republic Of Florence
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** see the differences in thought between pope leo and luther. Born 1475 as giovanni di lorenzo de" medici. Son of lorenzo the magnificent, ruler of the florentine republic. He was responsible for the building of st. peter"s basilica, financed in part by the selling of indulgences. More corrupt than any babylon or sodom . Stinks in the nostrils of the world . He has only said what is honorable and good . Leo a daniel in babylon or daniel in the midst of lions . In reality most unfortunate and sitting on a most perilous thronei wish you. Would that [he] had laid aside that glory which is bestowed upon him . Servant not vicar - i. e. , not a representative of christ on earth (a vicar would well be an antichrist ) Peter paul rubens, daniel in the lion"s den . Based on story in the book of daniel in hebrew scripture (old testament)
