Savonarola by StefanoPaganell
The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola in the second half 'of 1400, at the time of Lorenzo de 'Medici, was commissioned to preach in the churches of Florence. A disclosure of the thought that the port 'in 1497 the excommunication by Pope Alexander VI and the following year, to be hanged and burned at the stake as a heretic, schismatic, and for preaching new things. "
His works were later included in 1559 Index of Prohibited Books.
The cause of his beatification and 'was not introduced until May 30, 1997.
-read-or reread the words of Savonarola.
Girolamo Savonarola
"I do not say nothing '
The common good (which you do not mind at all)
You are not a sum of humanity but men.
Think of yourself, mind you,
v'accorgete that there are "other" only sometimes, by chance,
when it comes to envy or despise them.
Otherwise, who cares about the other: everything is only "I". The
my facts. My affections. My money.
You people dry. Without heat. And if you
inflamed apparently as a matter of 'principle'
because you do not believe it, no,
but only to defend the damn garden that is your
interest.
(....)
The common good? But what do you talk to?
is not your language, this.
To make me understand maybe I should talk about earnings, interest.
I should talk about profit. Water to your mill.
then skip all standing at attention, you would say 'let me hear. "
How do you say? Music to your ears.
Instead, incidentally, stubborn me, I'm not tired
talk about the common good,
I say look for something that applies to everyone, without exception,
talked about doing something useful, not to divide but to unite, even if we lose
something.
you interested? I realized: I'm barking.
But I am proud, not ashamed, of being a dog. The tyrant
Come on, you are to hear, you men,
to recognize and beware of their tyrants.
was in even hearing you, women, to remember to 'your husbands.
And you, children, to learn what a tyrant and escape from
your city.
Know, then, first,
that 'the tyrant is superb for nature
and desires to be the only and first in everything.
The first, first, the first ...
has to always be first in everything.
If the prize race horses,
will always be some trick to make that his are the first. If he
science or letters,
always wants that his view is above;
If you know how to make verses,
means going before everyone else and they are sung;
not have love if you do not own him.
And because the tyrant by nature desires to be the first
every time you see one that may prevent his state,
always try to shut it down, why not give him
boredom. So
trovagli some reason
- Minimum ArĂ he spat in the church - to get rid
first.
Ah, Florence! Beware of tyrants!
wants to be courted, the tyrant.
wants you epresentation every day,
and if you do it not, you're noticed.
all men of brain keeps them low, and enhances
fools saying
"These people are faithful
me because I keep them where they are worthy to stay."
and enhances the rogues, the murderers:
"They hanged sarieno without me, and I
worse than them, therefore they will keep me and I them."