Julius Excluded from Heaven

In one of the most biting and frank satires of all time, the philosopher Desiderius Erasmus has the debauched Pope Julius II face off against Saint Peter himself at the gates of heaven. Words ensue. Julius tries to make Peter understand that what really counts for virtue in a pope is attaining temporal power and possessions, which are the true glories of the Church; Peter has absolutely no idea what Julius is talking about and rebukes him with a wide-ranging denunciation of violence, materialism, and hypocrisy with application far beyond the Catholic Church then or now.