Trial records (1431) I was thirteen when I had a Voice from God for my help and guidance. As given in The Life of Joan of Arc (1909) by Anatole France, tr.Often misquoted as I am not afraid I was born to do this.If there be men-at-arms my Lord God will make a way for me to go to my Lord Dauphin.

I do not fear men-at-arms my way has been made plain before me.As quoted by Jean Toutmouille during the retrial after her execution (5 March 1449), as quoted in Jeanne d'Arc, maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France (1902) by T.Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!.From the trial transcript, as quoted in The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994).

About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing, and we shouldn't complicate the matter.

Variant translation: There is a saying among children that sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth.

From the trial transcript, as quoted in World Famous Women: Types of Female Heroism, Beauty, and Influence from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (1881) by Frank Boott Goodrich, p.Children say that people are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth.From her ultimatum to the Hussites, dictated to a scribe on 23 March 1430 excerpt from the translation in 'Joan of Arc: Her Story' (1999) by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin, p.if you choose instead to return to the Catholic faith and to the original source of light, send me your ambassadors and I shall tell them what you must do.' if I do not hear that you have corrected yourselves, I may well leave these English and set off against you, so that, by the sword if I cannot otherwise, I may remove your madness and foul superstition. What rage or madness drives you? This Faith, which Almighty God, which the Son, which the Holy Spirit have revealed, established, given sway and glorified a thousandfold through miracles is the faith which you persecute. 'You ruin the sacraments of the Church, you rend the articles of Faith, you destroy churches.From her ultimatum to the English commanders at Orleans, dictated to a scribe on 22 March 1429 excerpt from the translation in 'Joan of Arc: Her Story' (1999) by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin, p.Mary but King Charles, the true heir, will hold it for God, the King of Heaven wishes it so.' '.you shall never hold the Kingdom of France from God, the King of Heaven, the son of St.

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