Girolamo Savonarola quotes
Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher known for his fervent calls for religious reform in Florence. His sermons denounced moral corruption, luxury, and the secularism of the Renaissance, gaining him both devoted followers and powerful enemies. He was executed in Florence after being condemned for heresy and political intrigue. Here are 14 of his quotes:
I counsel you to return to God, to live after the manner of a good Christian, to repent the past, and recur to piety. Otherwise, I make known to you that severe chastisement awaits you, and that you shall be scourged in your substance, your flesh, and your kindred.
Likewise I announce to you that your life is near its end; that if you obey not my words, you will go to hell, and this letter will be brought up against you before the judgment-seat of God, and leave you no way of escape.
Girolamo Savonarola
The reason why I entered into a religious order is this: first, the great misery of the world, the wickedness of men, the rapes, the adulteries, the thefts, the pride, the idolatry, the vile curses, for the world has come to such a state that one can no longer find anyone who does good.
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
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Occupation: Italian Clergyman
Born: September 12, 1452
Died: May 14, 1498
Quotes count: 14
Wikipedia: Girolamo Savonarola
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