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Example sentences for: fire-and-brimstone

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The Prior’s Quarters in the second dormitory (cells 12, 13, and 14) were the home of fire-and-brimstone preacher Girolamo Savonarola from 1481 until his death in 1498 (see page 26).
In Rome, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano defended the Dominican order's campaign to beatify Girolamo Savonarola, the fire-and-brimstone monk who was excommunicated, hanged, and burned in Florence 500 years ago.
Critics call it preposterous and filled with baffling inconsistencies, or as Roger Ebert writes, "[m]ovies like this are particularly vulnerable to logic" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Words such as "ridiculous" and "absurd" pepper the reviews: It's "fire-and-brimstone bunk, a tired compendium of involuntary crucifixions, grim messages carved into human flesh, fly buzzings, ominous choral chants on the soundtrack and at least one head twisting" (Desson Howe, the Washington Post ). (Click here to find out how religious leaders persuaded the filmmakers to change the story's ending.)