Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Jaroslav Pelikan
Born: December 17, 1923
Died: May 13, 2006 (aged 82)
Bio: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan was a scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale.
Known for:
- Bach Among the Theologians (1986)
- The Vindication of Tradition (1984)