Martin Luther:

you popes are desperate thorough arch rascals murderers traitors liars the very scum this is number 10 of all the most evil people on earth you're full of all the worst devils in hell full full and so full that you can do nothing but vomit throw and blow out devils.

— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

Context

Context: Anti-Papal rhetoric

Date / Period

c. 1540s

Source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYm9fRj_PjQ

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