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Originally posted by rainbowbrightCS
actually the Black Shism did happen, and so did most of the stuff he said (minus the altar boy remark)
If anyone woukld read the back ground of the Catholic Church would be shocked.
From having women as priest (we did for a long time)
To preist being married with children (when have about 20 priest now in the US that are)
to the Crusades (have you read about the Children Crusade, where half of West Europe lost its children becuase they thought they could do a better job)
To buying the Heaven"s Ring (can't remeber offical term, but is where a very rich man would pay alott of $$$$$ and get a coin or ring that would gain him automatic entry to heaven once he died. No matter his sins)
But I am Catholic, I believe in God and Jesus. IF I would change my religion becuase of what some sexist pope did 1500 years ago then I would be changing my religion every week.
Christia
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OK, hold on right there.
I am a European history major at a school that is top-ranked in history. My advisor is a noted scholar on intellectual and ecclesiastical history, specializing in the fall of the Roman Empire up through the Reformation. Now, he's taught me a thing or two---and what you're saying is not correct.
If anyone wants to listen to me give some lengthy diatribes about Nicolaism, simony, the sale of indulgences, the Great Schism, the Avignon papacy, and the Babylonian captivity, baby, I'm ready. But I don't think anyone wants me to.
Just rest assured that what you wrote is 80% historically inaccurate.
And another note--what happened historically in the Roman Catholic church has little to no relevance for the Roman Catholic church today. The papacy of the late middle ages and Renaissance, was, to put it mildly, insanely corrupt. The church today may have its issues but it's not some evil institution BY ANY MEANS.
soooo..... everyone calm down!
