Anthony Arthur > Quotes

“From Switzerland in the south, throughout central Europe and Germany, and as far north and west as England, where Henry VIII burned a dozen Anabaptists at the stake, thousands of men and women were subjected to the most terrible persecution. Many of the more moderate leaders who abjured violence were martyred, leaving a gap in the leadership that was often filled by men of little education but much passion.”
― Anthony Arthur, The Tailor-King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster

“The priest says that Jesus erred in his original insistence that man must be free to choose whether to follow God or Satan; what men want, the priest says, is not freedom but bread. They want comfort, security, and the certainty of being saved if they follow the dictates of the Church.”
― Anthony Arthur, The Tailor-King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster