Posted on 07/19/2015 11:33:15 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
When the sins of the Catholic Church are recited (as they so often are) the Inquisition figures prominently. People with no interest in European history know full well that it was led by brutal and fanatical churchmen who tortured, maimed, and killed those who dared question the authority of the Church. The word “Inquisition” is part of our modern vocabulary, describing both an institution and a period of time. Having one of your hearings referred to as an “Inquisition” is not a compliment for most senators.
But in recent years the Inquisition has been subject to greater investigation. In preparation for the Jubilee in 2000, Pope John Paul II wanted to find out just what happened during the time of the Inquisition’s (the institution’s) existence. In 1998 the Vatican opened the archives of the Holy Office (the modern successor to the Inquisition) to a team of 30 scholars from around the world. Now at last the scholars have made their report, an 800-page tome that was unveiled at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday. Its most startling conclusion is that the Inquisition was not so bad after all. Torture was rare and only about 1 percent of those brought before the Spanish Inquisition were actually executed. As one headline read “Vatican Downsizes Inquisition.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Facts don’t matter to liberals. Obama will still tell us to get off our high horse because of what happened in medieval Europe. And then draw false equivalence with Muslim terror today. Although Obama can’t bring himself to talk about Islamic terror, so not sure why we have to get off the high horse.
Church didn’t torture anyone. Secular authorities did.
Same for executions. The Inquisition turned them over to the authorities for execution.
Yes, I'd forgotten the "high horse" insult. He says an insult every day, hard to keep up with them all!
This is along the lines of how many of the retards out there today actually understand what the Phoenix Program was really about?
Apparently, you didn’t read the article. Not surprised.
I’m not in error. I belong to the One, True Church.
You don’t.
It would be fun and informative to compile the nonsense coming out of the mouth of Obama.
Two favorites off the top of my head:
1. “The governor of a state on fire denies global warming.” Obama said this during a terrible fire season in Texas a few years ago. Rather than offering any assistance to Rick Perry, or any sympathy for the victims of the fires, he got on his high horse to say that Rick Perry denies global warming. The implication being that Texas deserves to burn because their governor doesn’t believe in global warming.
2. “The Republicans solution to illegal immigration is a moat at the border, a moat with alligators in it”. I know this is Alinksy horse blank, but comments such as this hardly advance the political discourse on what we should do about illegal aliens. And it’s also untrue. Nobody wants a moat at the border, but he states as fact that this is the GOP party line on the issue.
If I had more time, I might research and self publish a book of the nonsense of Obama.
Another Spanish Inquisition thread. Who would have expected that?
Only posted it to set the record straight. Article came from the National Review. You can’t get anymore conservative than that.
The I'm sure the Pharisees said the same thing about Christ's death.
It would take a whole year of none-stop work, 24/7/365 !
If even one person is raped, tortured, or murdered under the orders, authority, or request of any denomination, they clearly do not understand God’s Word.
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