from Avila in October 1981, Pope John Paul II said: "It is necessary for the rich legacy left by Teresa of Jesus to be deeply reconsidered so that it can effect a renewal of the inner life of your nation and thereby influence the renewal of life in the entire church in all its ...
Much of the Platonic-Aristotelian teaching, as restated by the Roman philosopherBoethius(c.480–524), was well suited to the needs of the church; theconservativeaspects of thatphilosophy, with its fear ofinnovation, wereconduciveto the maintenance of order. The role of music as accessory to wor...