<P> `` Caedite eos . Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius . '' was allegedly spoken by Papal legate and Cistercian abbot Arnaud Amalric prior to the massacre at Béziers , the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade . A direct translation of the Latin phrase would be `` Kill them . For the Lord knows those that are His own . '' Less formal English translations have given rise to variants such as `` Kill them all ; let God sort them out . '' Other sources give the quotation as `` Neca eos omnes . Deus suos agnoscet . '' </P>
<P> `` Caedite eos . Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius . '' was allegedly spoken by Papal legate and Cistercian abbot Arnaud Amalric prior to the massacre at Béziers , the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade . A direct translation of the Latin phrase would be `` Kill them . For the Lord knows those that are His own . '' Less formal English translations have given rise to variants such as `` Kill them all ; let God sort them out . '' Other sources give the quotation as `` Neca eos omnes . Deus suos agnoscet . '' </P>
who said kill them all let god sort them out
who said kill them all let god sort them out
allegedly spoken by Papal legate and Cistercian abbot Arnaud Amalric
allegedly spoken by Papal legate and Cistercian abbot Arnaud Amalric