“Leo X succeeded Julius II, and under his pontificate, Latin …”

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“Leo X succeeded Julius II, and under his pontificate, Latin Christianity assumed a pagan, Greco-Roman character, which, passing from art into manners, gives to this epoch a strange complexion. Crimes for the moment disappeared, to give place to vices; but to charming vices, vices in good taste, such as those indulged in by Alcibiades and sung by Catullus.”

— Pope Leo X

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Title: Wikiquote: Pope Leo X
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X, Pope Leo. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Pope Leo X. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X

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