* His study of the Bible, together with the moral degeneracy of the clergy that he had seen in Spain, shook his faith in the Catholic religion.
* وقد ساهمت دراسته للكتاب المقدس ،‏ بالاضافة الى الانحطاط الادبي الذي شهده بين رجال الدين في اسبانيا ،‏ في زعزعة ايمانه بالدين الكاثوليكي .‏