Robert Bellarmine Quotes


It is not difficult for one seal to make many impressions exactly alike, but to vary shapes almost infinitely, which is what God has done in creation, this is in truth a divine work.


Citations

Bellarmine, Robert. The Mind's Ascent to God by a Ladder of Created Things. Translated by Monialis, A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1925, p. 28.

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Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine
  • Born: October 4, 1542
  • Died: September 17, 1621
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Jesuit, Cardinal, Professor of Theology

Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 36. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.