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1452–1498 Italy
Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 – May 23, 1498) or Jerome Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar from Ferrara and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for Christian renewal.
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Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Whoever excommunicates me, excommunicates God.
Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Behold the sword of the Lord will descend suddenly and quickly upon the earth.
The best, and the worst, that can be said of the tempestuous friar is that he loved God so passionately that he had very little love left for man.
I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.
I was not commissioned to preach by any man in this world, nor by any lord, but by Him who is the Lord of lords and by the Holy Trinity.
God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
The Pope may err, and that in two ways, either because he is erroneously informed, or from malice. As to the latter cause we leave that to the judgment of God, and believe rather that he has been misinformed.
If he that would summon a Parliament be of the Signoria, let his head be cut off; if he be not of it, let him be proclaimed a rebel and all his goods confiscated; … should the Signoria seek to call a Parliament … all may cut them to pieces without sin."
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