▁then ▁as ▁the ▁" b ride ▁of ▁Christ "), ▁for ▁comm itting ▁int ol er able ▁ad ul ter ies ▁and ▁for ▁living ▁a ▁sin ful ▁life . ▁God ▁then ▁sends ▁Saint ▁Paul ▁to ▁investigate ▁these ▁claims , ▁and ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁find ings , ▁he ▁recomm ends ▁that ▁Christ ' s ▁request ▁be ▁granted . ▁Although ▁the ▁only ▁completed ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁ends ▁at ▁this ▁point , ▁according ▁to ▁Mu ir ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁continued ▁" with ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁how ▁Luther , ▁Cal vin , ▁and ▁Mark ▁of ▁E ph es us ▁( the ▁ 1 5 th - century ▁Greek ▁the olog ian ▁who ▁had ▁opposed ▁the ▁un ification ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁and ▁Roman ▁churches ) ▁offered ▁their ▁own ▁churches ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁b ride ▁of ▁Christ . ▁After ▁considering ▁their ▁suit ability ▁for ▁mat rim ony , ▁Christ ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁dem ur red , ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁intend ▁to ▁wed ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁churches ." ▁A ▁copy ▁of ▁Pal lav ic ino ' s ▁manuscript ▁found ▁its ▁way ▁to ▁Gene va , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁published . ▁Il ▁Div ort io ▁became ▁a ▁sens ation ▁in ▁Italy ▁( where ▁Mu ir ▁notes ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁" under ▁the ▁counter "), ▁and ▁was ▁pl ag iar ized ▁in ▁Protest ant ▁countries , ▁where ▁German , ▁Swedish , ▁French , ▁Dutch ▁and ▁English ▁transl ations ▁appeared . ▁ ▁Death ▁and ▁legacy ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁Berg amo ▁that ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁an ▁Italian ▁books eller ▁in ▁Paris