Turks, and to Jews, and he considers them all dear, and they are all saved in the manner." And he concluded with a violent outburst against his judges and their doctrinal arrogance: "You priests and monks,you too want to know more than God, and you are like the devil, and you want to become gods on earth, and know as much as God, following in the footsteps of the devil. In fact, the more one thinks he knows, the less he knows." And casting restraint and prudence aside, Menocchio declared that he rejected all the sacraments, including baptism, as human inventions, as"merchandise," instruments of exploitation and oppression in the hands of the clergy: "I believe that the law and commandments of the Church are all a matter of business, and they make their living from this." About baptism he said: believe that as soon as we are born we are baptized, because God who has blessed all things, has baptized us; but this other baptism is an invention, and priests begin to consume souls even before they are born and continue to devour them even after their death." On the subject of confirmation: "I believe it is a business, an invention of men, all of whom havethe HolySpirit; they seekto knowand they know nothing." About marriage: "God did not establish it, men did. Formerly a man and a woman would exchange vows, and this sufficed; later these human inventions followed." About ordination: "I believe the