Thomas Müntzer quotes

The stinking puddle from which usury, thievery and robbery arises is our lords and princes. They make all creatures their property- the fish in the water, the bird in the air, the plant in the earth must all be theirs. Then they proclaim God's commandments among the poor and say, "You shall not steal." They oppress everyone, the poor peasant, the craftsman are skinned and scraped. (Thomas Müntzer)
The people will be free and God alone will be their Lord. View quote
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The league at Allstedt wanted to establish this principle, Omnia sunt communia, ‘All property should be held in common' and should be distributed to each according to his needs, as the occasion required. Any prince, count, or lord who did not want to do this, after first being warned about it, should be beheaded or hanged. View quote
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God speaks only in the suffering of creatures, a suffering that the hearts of the unbelievers do not have because they become more and more hardened. View quote
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Freely and boldly I declare that I have never heard a single donkey-cunt doctor of theology, in the smallest of his divisions and points, even whisper, to say nothing of speaking loudly, and points, even whisper, to say nothing of speaking loudly, about the order (established in God and all his creatures). View quote
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The clergy have never been able to discover, nor will they ever, the beneficial tribulations and useful abyss that the providential spirit meets as it empties itself. View quote
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Man must smash to bits his stolen, contrived Christian faith through powerful, enormous suffering of the heart, through an amazement that cannot be rejected. Through this, man becomes very small and despicable in his own eyes. View quote
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The fear of God at the beginning of faith is an unbearable thing to human nature. View quote
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