十五和十六世纪对于所有上帝的子民来说都是决定性的。对于西方基督教来说,这是一个特别关键的时期,它不仅成功地赶上了奥库迈尼的其他文化,而且即将超越它们。
(FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH centuries were decisive for all the people of God. It was a particularly crucial period for the Christian West, which had not only succeeded in catching up with the other cultures of the Oikumene but was about to overtake them.)