Quote by Bernard of Clairvaux

"Before a vast assembly in 1097 Pope Urban II said: "If you must have blood, bathe your hands In the blood of infidels. ...soldiers of hell become soldiers of the living God." Whereupon the multitude shouted: "It Is the will of God." Bernard, the holiest man of his century, cried out: "...Cursed be he who does not stain his sword with blood." In 1188 the Pope ordered prayers against the Saracens to be said daily."

— Bernard of Clairvaux

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This attribution is unsupported by any published speech, letter, or bull of Urban II. It appears to originate in the work cited above, as no earlier attribution can be found. It most likely refers to the papal bull of Urban II Bullæ Sacræ Cruciatæ Dilucidatio, dated between 1096-1099. The text of this papal bull is currently untranslated into English but summarized in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). The response of Bernard appears to be from the Christian Bible, Jeremiah 48:10 KJV, "Cursed be

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Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – August 21 1153), abbot of Clairvaux, was a highly influential French churchman, theologian and mystic. He was one of the founders of the Cistercian, or Bernardine, monastic order.

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