In those times there was no modern political theory, kings depended on the Church for legitimacy.
If you did not believe in the Church, you probably do not believe in the King either. God and Country were intrinsicaly tied.
So the Kings were very jealous to stamp out heresy. And in those times Churches took salvation very seriously. False doctrines were sending people to Hell and had to be stopped. Is like those annoying evangelicals or JW of today that what to save you and keep pestering you because they are concerned for your salvation but their methods were much more serious them. That set the pace for the inquisitions.
There were three.
The Papal inquisition in Italy that was the most benign.
The French inquisition to stap out the Cathari heresy and the infamious Spanish inquisition.
But remember, torture was a normal procedure in those times not only in the Inquisition but in most court of law, also burning at the sake (death by asfixiation) was more bening that quartering or dismembering, normal ways to execute people in those times. The Inquisition was more benign that most civilan courts of the times.
The Papal inquisition was from the Pope.
The French and Spanish ones were actually established by the Kings, not by the Church, king that knew if heresy spreads in France they will loose their crowns.
The Spanish have a huge problem with large numbers of Jews and Moslems in Spain that did not believe in the divine rule of Queen Isabella.
Even the number of deaths was relatively small.
The popular Catholic/Protestant withhunts of the 17 century killed more people, as the war of religion at that time.
Non-catholic faiths are also guilty of poor judgement in the past. And both the Catholic church and non-catholic faiths will inevitably make errors again in the future. However despite errors made at times by the church, the original deposit of faith and catholic teaching has not suffered. Which is something that no other church can claim. And as such one can see how God's guiding hand is ever present on his church and that the "gates of hell shall not prevail against it".
Maybe attacking you is his defensive way of being able to find out more about catholicism.
Why don't you take him along to Mass and see how he feels afterwards.
Yeah great point. Hey ask your buds how they can belong to a Fundamental Protestant faith when lots of their forefathers were responsible for founding and building the KKK. If they fail to get the point, just start calling them all 'Mr. Lynch'.
On second thought maybe that might be counterproductive. But it sure would be fun!
"Half information".Sites like Chicks are full of half information so it distorts the truth about us.
theres a lot of just because arguments in that article, but THANKS! its just i like more meat on the bone like a source u know... anywayz... the main reason i dont agree is because the inquisition is documented by the Church. theres no denying that it was a bloodbath caused by many of our early forefathers. i forget the lecture, but apparently the vatican recorded the methods whereby preists and nuns tortured heretics...
now thats what im so troubled about. but that was so long ago anyway. i dont think the vatican would ever do that again!
He may give a small amount of info of what we believe, then distorts it, and doesn't present the Scripture , or more like omits the Scripture of why."Half information".
JCP has ever printed something real about the CC?
The prince of lies is strong there.
But I do suspect mental illness.
it just seams so unlike the catholic church i know of now.
i guess unless the vatican allows its people to freely roam through ALL of its archives / records and accounts, it will always remain a dark secret and nothing more.
ok, im really confused now about the inquisitions and why the popes authorised it!??? .... my friend keeps on going on about this. what should i say... what do you think about this? he keeps on saying... how can i believe the popes were perfect if they authorised the inquisitions?But they didnt authorise the inquisitions!
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