Two things you desperately need to read, unless of course you're quite content with being a buffoon.
Two things you desperately need to read, unless of course you're quite content with being a buffoon.
Right. Next you will tell me that the Spanish Inquisition did not occur. And, that Hitler was never pursuing the Jesuit priesthood before trying to take over the world. And, that the "Trail of Blood" was just a fictitious writing by a heretic. No, thanks, keep your delusions to yourself.
The Catholic Church stood in the way of progress, including the distribution of the Word of God, by way of the Gutenberg printing press, and other means of distributing a version of the Bible in native languages so the people could see the heresy of the Catholic heirachy.
At least admit that many rules established by the Catholic Church were for political reasons. Then, to justify errant declarations, later Catholic theologians would find a means to apply scripture, until the original intent was lost to history, at which time the pope would declare it null and void.