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Malleus Maleficarum.
" . . . THE THREE
NECESSARY CONCOMITANTS OF WITCHCRAFT . . . ARE THE
DEVIL, A WITCH, AND THE PERMISSION OF ALMIGHTY GOD."1a
"[I]t is useless to argue that
any result of witchcraft may be a phantasy and unreal . . . it is
necessary that there should be made a contract with the
devil . . . "1b
"Devils go about the earth
collecting every sort of seed, and can by working upon them
broadcast various species."1c
" . . .
[Devils] are the
enemies of the human race: rational in mind . . . ; subtle in
wickedness, eager to do hurt; ever fertile in fresh deceptions . .
. ; . . . to the elect they are given as a temptation, and always
they lie in wait for the destruction of men."1d
AL-GHAZALI
" . . . [T]he
devil of Avarice and Riches is called Mammon . . . "1e
" . . .
[ G]ood can be found without evil, but evil cannot be found
without good . . . "1f
" . . . [A] man's malice may
be either habitual . . . Or it may be actual malice, by which is
meant the deliberate choice of evil . . . "1g
"No one does more harm to the Catholic faith than
midwives."1h
" . . . [S]in is threefold,
involving guilt, punishment, and loss. Good also is
correspondingly threefold, involving righteousness, felicity and
use."1i
" . . . [W]e must consider archer-wizards,
who constitute the graver danger to the Christian religion in that
they have obtained protection on the estates of nobles and
Princes who receive, patronize, and defend them."1j
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1 Heinrich Kramer (died
1505) and James Sprenger (c. 1437-1495).
Malleus Maleficarum.
The Classic Study of Witchcraft.
Translated with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by
the Reverend Montague Summers. First published in 1928 by
John Rodker, Marianne Rodker and Loan Rodker, 1928. London, UK:
Bracken Books, an imprint of Random House UK Ltd., 1996.
a Part I, Question 1, at 1.
b Part I, Question 1, at 7.
c Part I, Question 3, at 22. (Walafrid
Strabo's commentary upon Exodus 7:11.)
d Part I, Question 3, at 23.
e Part I, Question 4, at 30. (Cf., "Ye
cannot serve God and mammon," St. Matthew 6:24.)
f Part I, Question 4, at 30.
g Part I, Question 5, at 38.
h Part I, Question 11, at 66.
i Part I, Question 14, at 74.
j Part III, Question 34, at 269.
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