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Renaissance
Part 3 of 4: Catholic Church's Stand
In all lands there were men not less eminent for their Christian piety than for their classical learning who, though given to the passionate study of pagan antiquity, remained thoroughly Christian, who, appropriating the good there was in pagan antiquity, nevertheless remained conscious of their own Christian superiority; who made pagan art, literature, and science not mistresses but humble handmaids of Christianity.
Part 1: The Term Renaissance Part 2: The Leading Characteristic of the Renaissance Part 3: Catholic Church's Stand Part 4: The Renaissance an Auxiliary of Christianity Publication Information: The Catholic Encyclopedia: an International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, Volume XVII - Supplement I. New York: The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., 1922.
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