He was a Greek by birth; a man of a high ambitious spirit, and of a mind more liberal, and talents better cultivated, than generally fell to the lot of the western prelates.
Edmund Burke: “He was a Greek by birth; a man of a high ambitious spirit, and of a mind more liberal, and talents better cultivated…”
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Burke describes Theodorus as a highly ambitious and educated Greek who influenced Western ecclesiastical leadership.
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