Vocavit nos pius (13 October 1458) is a papal bull issued by Pope Pius II inviting all the European rulers to a Congress to prepare for a crusade against the Ottoman Empire.
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Pius declared that since the time of Constantine the Church had never been so trampled upon than she now was by the followers of the "false prophet Mahomet".[1] He claimed this was a punishment from God for the sins of the nations but that God had appointed him to the Holy See to deliver the world from this threat.[1] Pius accepted this would be difficult but added: "The bark of the Church often rocks to and fro, but it does not sink; it is buffeted, but not shattered; it is assailed, but not wrecked; God permits His people to be tried, but He will not suffer them to be overwhelmed".[1]
A Congress was duly held in Mantua in 1459–60.
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