Decameron part 1.

In the first day second story the jew abraham says after visiting Rome "And since I have observed that in spite of all this, they do not succeed but, on the contrary, that your religion continuosly grows and becomes brighter and more illustrious". i find this in a way the author mocking both the jewish religion and the cristian church. The fact that the Jewish person feels that because the catholic church is so sinful yet thrives is gods will is so ridiculous. And for someone to portray the church like this in this time is definetely not normal. To openly say that the church sodomises children is something you would expect to hear now not all the way back from the middle ages. It shows that the church had problems way back then even though it may not have been thought of.

"Intelligence can rescue the wise man from the gravest of dangers and restore him to his secure state". I felt that this was a pretty nice quote from the text. The way he uses intelligence sounds deeper than what you would imagine. For one you would figure a wise man is allready intelligent. It's sort of a pen defeats the sword type of statement. I believe highly in the idea that if your smart enough you can work your way out of any situation you like without losing your head or using force.