“They [Bishops] shall also banish from churches all those kinds of music, in which, whether by the organ, or in the singing, there is mixed up any thing lascivious or impure; as also all secular actions; vain and therefore profane conversations, all walking about, noise, and clamour, that so the house of God may be seen to be, and may be called, truly a house of prayer.”
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Pope Pius IV
Pope Pius IV, born Giovanni Angelo de' Medici, was an Italian Catholic Pope who served from 1559 to 1565. His reign was marked by the Church's significant role in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation movements. more
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