Pope Leo X Quotes

#1. What profit has not that fable of Christ brought us!

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#2. No person shall preach without the permission of his Superior. All preachers shall explain the Gospel according to the Fathers. They shall not explain futurity or the times of Antichrist!

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#3. Not the Christian religion only, but nature herself, cries out against the state of slavery.

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#4. Since God has been pleased to give us the Papacy, let us enjoy it.

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#5. To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ.

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#6. It has served us well, this myth of Christ.

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#7. Arise, O Lord, and judge your own cause. Remember your reproaches to those who are filled with foolishness all through the day. Listen to our prayers, for foxes have arisen seeking to destroy the vineyard whose winepress you alone have trod.

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#8. As far as Martin [Luther] himself is concerned, O good God, what have we overlooked or not done? What fatherly charity have we omitted that we might call him back from such errors?

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#9. There are many, and there will be many, who will gladly purchase eternal life for a small price, if they see that others are fighting for God in earnest, rather than pretending to do so.

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