Date: 1257
"By means of this suffering, inflicted by a real fire, the souls are cleansed of the guilt and dross of sin, and also of its sequels."
preview | full record— St. Bonaventure [born Giovanni di Fidanza] (1217-1274)
Date: 1797
"Remember that the Divine Agency is promised, 'to take away the heart of stone, and give a heart of flesh,' of which it is the natural property to be tender and susceptible."
preview | full record— Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)