Or, again, she had been thought the enemy of Art by the Greek-spirited; the enemy of Law by the Latins; the enemy of Religion by the Hebraic Pharisee.

She had borne her title written in Greek and Latin and Hebrew.

She had been crucified, and taunted as she hung there; she had seemed to die; and, to and behold! when the Third Day dawned she was alive again for evermore.

From every single point she had been justified and vindicated.

Men had thought to invent a new religion, a new art, a new social order, a new philosophy; they had burrowed and explored and digged in every direction; and, at the end, when they had worked out their theories and found, as they thought, the reward of their labours, they found themselves looking once more into the serene, smiling face of Catholicism.
She was risen from the dead once more, and was seen to be the Daughter of God, with Power." There was a moment's silence.
"There, gentlemen," said Mr.Manners, dropping back again into the quiet professor, "that, I think, in a few words, is the outline for which Monsignor asked.