Pope Callixtus III

"Beloved son! continue to defend the Catholic Faith; God, for whom you fight, will not abandon His cause. He will, I am confident, grant success against the Turks and the other unbelievers to you and t…"

"We ratify the law, but we condemn your interpretation, for He of whom ye say that He will come—our Lord Jesus Christ—has come, as the Church teaches us and preaches."

"Only cowards fear danger; the palm of glory grows nowhere but on the battle-field."

"I, Pope Calixtus III, promise and vow to the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, to the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the heavenly host, that I will…"

"The Christian who does not now render assistance in following up the victory God has granted proves himself unworthy of divine favours."

"Nothing will induce me to leave Rome, not even if, like so many others, I am to fall a victim to the plague. Mahomet, the enemy of our faith, compels me to remain. He does not relax his efforts, altho…"

"I have been chosen for the destruction of the enemies of the Faith."

"Away, away with these things! take them for the Turks! Earthenware will do quite as well for me!"