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Originally posted by Beryana
And Catholics have not been persecuted for the last 2000 years?! Were there not martyrs fed to the lions for sport? burned at the stake, etc (take a look at England during the late 1500s)? Are there not blatently anti-Catholic books, movies, etc roaming around in today's society? And its okay because its only the Catholic Church. If it were any other group there would be lawsuits so fast it would make your head spin! There were even a LARGE number of Catholics that were murdered during the 1930s and 40s in Europe (and seminaries closed, churches destroyed, etc - Hitler had a thing against Catholics just as bad as Jews!)
My post was to give you more factual background about the Inquisitions. You sit and spout numbers and I am arguing that the numbers have been exaggerated in the past 500 or so years - mainly by Protestants and Anti-Catholics! Once again, I am not a Canon Lawyer, but as Rob said, the Catholic Church has no authority to put ANYONE to death (its that whole Ten Commandment thing!). The Church CAN deny someone the Sacrements, Christian burial, etc (this is when excommunication is) but not pass a death sentence - and heresy, apostacy, schism, sacrilege, etc are sometimes not even the grounds for excommunication - well, schism is but sometimes not the others!
Also, how can the Pope submit 2,000 names of Cardinals for execution when there are not even close to being that number of Cardinals?
Rudey, I know you are one for arguing, but what the heck do you have against the Catholic Church?!
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No the fact is that you are spouting lies and because I corrected you, I have something against the Catholic Church.
The fact is that the number was not very few. That is the history. Deal with it. Don't post lines from Catholic.com that you were spoonfed showing you know little on the subject yet making broad claims without support.
And your ignorance is purely immeasurable it seems. 6 millions catholics did not die in the Holocaust. The pope at the time though did seem to be just a tad bit tainted huh? Again, spread some more lies and I will correct you. Next time keep your mouth shut.
-Rudey