Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.

Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

Arnaud Amalric

Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles

Statement prior to the massacre at Beziers, France on July 22, 1209, as part of the Albigensian Crusade.

More information about this quote

Topic

The Crusades

Speaker

Arnaud Amalric

Source

The Dialogue on Miracles

Language

Latin

Time

1209 1200s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Monk Christian

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Arnaud Amalric. Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles, written by Caesarius of Hesterbach. c. 1223.

Current Citation

Arnaud Amalric. Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles, written by Caesarius of Hesterbach, translated by Ronald Pepin. Vol. 1, Liturgical Press, 2023.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Arnaud Amalric about the crusades: “Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.”
Download
A quote by Arnaud Amalric about the crusades: “Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.”
Download
A quote by Arnaud Amalric about the crusades: “Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 13th century

Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Buy the Summa Theologica at Amazon Buy the Summa Theologica at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Origin of the universe God Creation

Author

St. Thomas Aquinas
Source
Summa Theologica
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
1265 1260s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.

Another quote from Middle Ages

Thence we came forth to see the stars again.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

Buy Inferno at Amazon Buy Inferno at Amazon
Read the Divine Comedy at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Stars The night sky

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote originally in Latin

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Sextus Propertius

Buy the Elegies at Amazon Buy the Elegies at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

Sextus Propertius
Source
Elegies
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
24 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.