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Pope Urban II Quotes

1040–1090 France

Pope Urban II (Latin: Urbanus II; c. 1035 – 29 July 1099), also known as Odo of Châtillon or Otho de Lagery, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 March 1088 to his death in 1099. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.

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The church shall be catholic, chaste and free: catholic in faith and the communion of saints, chaste from all contagion of evil, and free from all secular power.

We then call the diaconate and the priesthood sacred orders. In fact, we read that the early Church had only these; only in reference to these do we have a command from the Apostle.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pope Urban II (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.