The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (published in 1487 by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger)

"I say, of what use is it to speak of remedies to those who desire no remedy?"

• From The Malleus Maleficarum (Part II, Question 2, Chapter 3) by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971). 

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The Malleus Maleficarum

Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger (published 1487)

"It is to be said that the soul is thought to reside in the centre of the heart, in which it communicates with all the members by an outpouring of life."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum (Part II, Question I, Chapter IX) by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971).

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (published by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger in 1487)

"The stars can influence the devils themselves in the causing of certain spells; and therefore they can all the more influence men."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum (Part I, Question V) by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971). The stars in the background are courtesy of maxpixel.com.

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, c. 1487)

"It is also a matter of common experience that the tongue of one prudent man can subdue the wrangling of a multitude."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971).

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, c. 1487)

"Now there are two circumstances which are certainly very common at the present day, that is to say, the connexion of witches with familiars, Incubi and Succubi, and the horrible sacrifices of small children."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971).

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, c. 1487)

"So heinous are the crimes of witches that they even exceed the sins and the fall of the bad Angels; and if this is true as to their guilt, how should it not also be true of their punishments in hell?"

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971).

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The Malleus Maleficarum

Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger (15th century CE)

"There is a great power in the eyes, and this appears even in natural things."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers (Dover Publications, 1971). The creepy picture of the eye is licensed as Creative Commons 2.0 (CC 2.0).

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The Malleus Maleficarum (Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger)

The Malleus Maleficarum (Published 1487)

"From the priesthood arises everything good, and everything evil."

• From The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger, translated by Montague Summers.

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The Malleus Maleficarum

The Malleus Maleficarum (Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger in 1486)

"And so in this twilight and evening of the world, when sin is flourishing on every side and in every place, when charity is growing cold, the evil of witches and their iniquities superabound."

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The Malleus Maleficarum (Kramer and Sprenger)

The Malleus Maleficarum
Written by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger
Circa 1486

• Kramer and Sprenger were two well-known members of the Inquisition. Their Malleus Maleficarum was one of the books most often used by witch hunters.

"The question arises whether people who hold that witches do not exist are to be regarded as notorious heretics, or whether they are to be regarded as gravely suspect of holding heretical opinions. It seems the first opinion is the correct one."


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