Pope Innocent I

Famous quotes containing the words innocent i, pope and/or innocent:

    To be innocent is natural, but to die pure of heart—that’s a gift.
    —Adele Comandini. Edward Sutherland. George Melton (Harry Carey)

    Cibber! write all thy verses upon glasses,
    The only way to save ‘em from our arses.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.”
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:24.