“In a hundred years’ time, he will be seen to have laid the foundation for a theological renewal,” said Tracey Rowland, a theologian at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
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The Vatican Library houses some 80,000 manuscripts, nearly 1.6 million books, approximately 8,400 incunabula (books and pamphlets printed before 1501) and coin and medal collections.