June 1535, Munster, Germany
True Christians can serve god the father without hindrance.
The father demands the purification and the cleansing of his new Jerusalem. Our republic cannot tolerate the confusion sewn by impious sects. I advise that we slaughter without delay the Lutherans, and the papists, and all those who are not of the right faith.
None may remain alive in Zion, but those who can offer the father a pure and pleasing worship. The only way to preserve the righteous from the contagion of the impure is to sweep them from the face of the Earth.
I took this translation from Dan Carlin’s amazing Show 48, Prophets of Doom on his Hardcore History podcast. Carlin was quoting historian Anthony Arthur, who was quoting Barren Gould’s translation.