Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger

HEINRICH KRAMER AND JAMES SPRENGER

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.