And whil we seken thilke divinitee
That is yhid in hevene pryvely,
Algate ybrend in this world shul we be!
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. Tiburtius tells his brother Valerian that while they seek God who is hidden in heaven, they would be burned in this world if they go to the fugitive Pope Urban to be baptized into the Christian Church.