The Popes
Now is the time of the popes, who are the place of Christ on earth. no more than they would suffer if they try to imitate life, if they thought their names to the pope, which means father, and their status of Blessed, who would spend so much to buy that place to defend, then the sword with poison, with all his strength? How many benefits should say goodbye, if wisdom could scarcely be heard! But I say wisdom? I should say that a grain of salt mentioned by Christ. Farewell to riches, honor, power, victory, charges, licenses, taxes, indulgences, horses, mules, guards and pleasures! Just look 'that market, what kind of harvest lush sea of \u200b\u200bwealth that I have concentrated in a few words! What little salt replace all this with vigils, fasts, tears, prayers, sermons, studies, suffering, and many other demanding jobs like that.
yet not insignificant-particularly-many would have starved scribes, copyists, notaries, lawyers, sales representatives, secretaries, mule drivers, grooms, treasurers, pimps, and was about to add a term more effeminate, but I fear that offends the 'ears-in short, a large group of which the Roman See has the burden-excuse the slip, I mean, the honor would be starving. That would be inhumane, indeed abominable, and even more detestable to reduce staff and even the same sack the chief princes of the Church, which are the true light of the world.
Now, if there are efforts to do, leave them to Peter and Paul, who have so much free time, and retain for himself the glory and pleasure, when there is. So, with my help, there is almost no one more than their face, in perfect tranquility, a great life, convinced that they have fully discharged their duty to Christ, if they fulfill their function of bishops with an impressive apparatus almost theater, with ceremonial and profusion of titles: Bliss, Your Grace, Holiness, and blessings and curses. No longer used to miracles stuff of yesteryear.
Teaching is tiring to the faithful, to interpret the Scriptures is work to be done in school, prayer is a waste of time, shedding tears and feminine is poor, live in abject poverty; yield is unworthy of those who barely acknowledges the king to kiss his blessed feet, and finally, the unfortunate death and shameful to be put on the cross.
remain only the weapons and the "sweet blessings" mentioned by St. Paul, and they use so width: bans, suspensions, convictions increased, anathemas, pillory, and that terrible thunderbolt with which to sign of the head, sending the souls of mortals deepest hell. Of the lightning, the most holy fathers in Christ, and Christ's vicars, are served with the utmost violence, especially against those who, for evil impulse, trying to reduce and gnawing on heritage of Peter. Although the words of Peter in the Gospel is: "We left everything to follow you," they identify with the legacy of Peter the fields, towns, taxes, duties, domains. And while, lit by the love of Christ, fight for these things with fire and sword, not without much bloodshed Christian, believe that they defend the apostolic Church, the Bride of Christ, destroying what they call a brave enemies. As if the Church had the worst enemies of the popes who are not wicked word of Christ was for them, would vanish into oblivion and legislating the banner of greed, put him in chains, with their interpretations distort the teaching force, with their vile habits kill him.
Since the Christian Church was established, strengthened and enlarged with blood, now, as if Christ had died, leaving the faithful without protection in accordance with its law, rule by the sword, and, although the war thing so cruel as to agree to the beasts rather than men, so insane that even the poets have imagined they were to unleash the Furies, so ruinous to bring the total corruption of manners, so unjust to the worst offenders to offer the best opportunity to succeed, so wicked that they have nothing in common with Christ, however, ignore everything else just to make war. You can see decrepit old who show a strong spirit of youth, do not be afraid in front of the costs, do not give in to fatigue, not retreat even an inch of upsetting the laws, religion, peace, all human good. I also have learned sycophants, ready to call this apparent madness zeal, piety, fortitude, devising stratagems that allow the iron grip of death and plunge into the depths of his brother without fail in that supreme love which, according to the precept of Christ, is what a Christian is more than anything to his neighbor.
From "In Praise of Folly," Erasmus of Rotterdam
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