A Pillar of Iron: A Novel of Ancient Rome

by Taylor Caldwell

An evil man was more bearable to the majority of men than a good man, who was a constant reproach and therefore to be despised.

‘With the help of God I shall be kinder than my brother, and shall strive for virtue. It is my duty to aspire above my human nature.’”*

when priests abdicate to civil authority and to tyrants they have abandoned God and man.