One cannot now say, the priest is as the people, for the truth is that the people are not so bad as the priest.
• In Conversione S. Pauli, Sermon 1, sect. 3; translation by James Spedding, in The Works of Francis Bacon (1860) vol. 12, p. 134
• Ut populus, sic sacerdos is a quotation from Isaiah 24:2.
• In Conversione S. Pauli, Sermon 1, sect. 3; translation by James Spedding, in The Works of Francis Bacon (1860) vol. 12, p. 134
• Ut populus, sic sacerdos is a quotation from Isaiah 24:2.
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Non est jam dicere, "Ut populus, sic sacerdos"; quia nec si populus, ut sacerdos.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Non est jam dicere, "Ut populus, sic sacerdos"; quia nec si populus, ut sacerdos." in the context of "One cannot now say, the priest is as the people, for the truth is that the people are not so bad as the priest.
• In Conversione S. Pauli, Sermon 1, sect. 3; translation by James Spedding, in The Works of Francis Bacon (1860) vol. 12, p. 134
• Ut populus, sic sacerdos is a quotation from Isaiah 24:2." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – August 21 1153), abbot of Clairvaux, was a highly influential French churchman, theologian and mystic. He was one of the founders of the Cistercian, or Bernardine, monastic order.
About Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – August 21 1153), abbot of Clairvaux, was a highly influential French churchman, theologian and mystic. He was one of the founders of the Cistercian, or Bernardine, monastic order.
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