The Inquisition was certainly the object of a smear campaign by the Protestants.
My personal experiences with the Church have all been positive as well. Were it not for the fact that I ended up converting to Russian Orthodoxy when I got married the first time (in Russia) I would probably still be Catholic today.
That having been said, I still think Henry II was in the right. I also really have an aversion for the people who get extreme about their faith.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
White House Proclamation on the Anniversary of the death of Thomas Becket
- 30/12/2020 03:24:06 AM
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They should just have put Pence's name underneath it. Or Pompeo's.
- 30/12/2020 11:48:05 AM
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Without necessarily disputing your (well-informed, I am sure) characterization of Trump...
- 30/12/2020 11:30:02 PM
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I guess it wouldn't matter when it comes to actions, but this is just a proclamation?
- 31/12/2020 01:21:45 AM
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Do you truly believe the perception of Trump has very much to do with what he did or did not do ?
- 31/12/2020 03:29:12 PM
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In Trump's case, social media has also allowed him to talk directly more than any previous president
- 31/12/2020 05:35:38 PM
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Re: In Trump's case, social media has also allowed him to talk directly more than any previou
- 03/01/2021 08:49:39 AM
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This is great and all, but come on. You honestly think Donald J. Trump read that entire thing? *NM*
- 31/12/2020 10:57:19 PM
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That's the point. Anyone else who could get elected and did read it, wouldn't sign it.
- 07/01/2021 04:18:49 PM
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Henry II was right
- 06/01/2021 02:49:00 PM
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sounds like some detestible enormities to me but go off chief *NM*
- 06/01/2021 09:19:35 PM
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...Because the Church being subject to civil authority for centuries really stopped the pedophilia?
- 07/01/2021 04:16:13 PM
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If it were handled by clerical tribunals the story would be "What pedophilia?"
- 09/01/2021 12:15:52 AM
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I'd like to think that an Inquisition a few generations ago might have resulted in better clergy now
- 09/01/2021 11:39:17 AM
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Perhaps
- 09/01/2021 09:31:37 PM
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