The crown of sanctification being awarded to the most unscrupulous inventor of pious fictions, a hypocrite was encouraged to labor to outrival the fame of an antagonist by the boldness of his assertions, the extravagance of his fables, and the incredibleness of his fabrications.
"Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues"
John Alberger
The shock, the incredibleness, the consequences; we must not scan too closely.
"The Return"
Walter de la Mare