Shocking Sayings

The natural law dictates that men should rule over women.

It is lawful to torture a man to extract the truth from him, if he is accused of a grave crime.

The good of the multitude is more divine than the good of the individual.

It is lawful to take a man's property if he is an infidel and is warring against the Church.

The Church has the power to depose temporal rulers who are heretics.

It is lawful to kill a man who is a public sinner and incorrigible.

The end justifies the means, when the end is good and the means are not evil in themselves.

Let those who have been accustomed to make private war against the faithful carry on an approved war against the infidels.

This I grant to all who go, by virtue of the great authority with which I am invested by God.

Oh, what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent God and has been made glorious with the name of Christ!

Let the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord our Saviour, which is possessed by unclean nations, incite you to action.

Jerusalem is the navel of the world; the land is fruitful above all others, like another paradise of delights.

The royal city, situated at the center of the world, is now held captive by His enemies, and is enslaved by peoples who do not know God.

Undertake this journey for the remission of your sins, with the assurance of the imperishable glory of the kingdom of heaven.

When you have decided to go, you must publicly make your vow and dedicate yourselves to God.

You will wear the sign of the cross on your garments, as a pledge of your immovable vow, and you will wear it until you return.

Let no one who is rich hold back, and let no poor man hesitate, for God will be his guide and provider.

Consider that the Holy Spirit has inspired you, and that the Lord has chosen you, that you may show to the world what true valor is.

We desire that you, with all the faithful, should hasten to the aid of the Christians, and strive to deliver them from the hands of the pagans.

Let your arms be stained with the blood of the infidels.