The Catholic church was trying to prove their power in the world scheming people into believing if they converted they would no longer be sinners, and Voltaire hates how people in the higher hierarchy abuse their power to manipulate the serfs. Voltaire did not tolerate religious injustice and says “ It is an admirable government, the kingdom is upwards of three leagues in diameter, and diameter in thirty provinces; there the three fathers possess all, and the people nothing; it’s a masterpiece of reason and justice.” (Voltaire, Candide, 1759). Voltaire can’t stand the thought that the church smooches off of the noble men, and the noblemen can’t even they are in the presence of their king because they all look alike and hold no more power than the other. The old woman with the missing buttocks was revealed as the Pope’s daughter,as she retells her story, "I had not always bleared eyes and red eyelids; neither did my nose always touch my chin; nor was I always a servant. I am the daughter of Pope Urban X,
The Catholic church was trying to prove their power in the world scheming people into believing if they converted they would no longer be sinners, and Voltaire hates how people in the higher hierarchy abuse their power to manipulate the serfs. Voltaire did not tolerate religious injustice and says “ It is an admirable government, the kingdom is upwards of three leagues in diameter, and diameter in thirty provinces; there the three fathers possess all, and the people nothing; it’s a masterpiece of reason and justice.” (Voltaire, Candide, 1759). Voltaire can’t stand the thought that the church smooches off of the noble men, and the noblemen can’t even they are in the presence of their king because they all look alike and hold no more power than the other. The old woman with the missing buttocks was revealed as the Pope’s daughter,as she retells her story, "I had not always bleared eyes and red eyelids; neither did my nose always touch my chin; nor was I always a servant. I am the daughter of Pope Urban X,