Bernardo Uta was not a novice, and he was not a monk; he was a warrior. He had sworn an oath to Pope Julius III and the entire line of popes. Uta’s oath as a member of Arma Dei was to protect the unquestioned dominance of the Papal throne, even if his life would be lost in the process. His army of “sainted soldiers” declared that they were imposing the wrath of God, and they had fought for the Church hierarchy for decades, ever since heretics like Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon challenged Pope Leo X and the practices of Church in Rome. Members of Arma Dei swore an oath of allegiance to the Papacy, as did Uta when he joined the army of disciples in 1548.
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