<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> Amalric's own version of the siege, described in his letter to Pope Innocent III in August 1209, states: </P>

Who said shoot them all and let god sort them out
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