Pope Urban II:

Oh, how admirable is that salting! Truly, you must strive by the salt of wisdom to correct these foolish people, hastening open-mouthed after the pleasures of this world, lest putrefied by sins and unsalted, they may be a stench in the nostrils when the Lord wills on some future day to address them.

— Pope Urban II Medieval

Launched the First Crusade

Context

Speech at the Council of Clermont, using vivid imagery to describe sinful people and the role of the clergy.

Date / Period

1095

Source

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/urban2-5vers.asp

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