What Happened this Day in Church History; Bishops Ridley and Latimer Burned at the Stake

Christian History Institute ^ | unknown | Diana Severance

[Gamecock]

When Ridley was asked if he believed the pope was heir to the authority of Peter as the foundation of the Church, he replied that the church was not built on any man but on the truth Peter confessed -- that Christ was the Son of God.....These opinions were deeply offensive to Roman Catholic theologians.

Good for them! They are in Glory!

[drstevej]

PIMG

[Pyro7480]

Get ready to be flamed ;-)

[Gamecock]

FYI

[Gamecock]

Me? For posting a true factoid? On FR?

[Pyro7480]

I was talking more about your own commentary, and for the own bias of the source.

[Gamecock]

Any flaming you give me won't be as bad as these good Christians recieved.

[dangus]

>>The godliness of many of her victims made them stand out.

Yes, see, if you hold Catholicism to be heresy, by definition, the Catholic martyred by Henry VIII aren't godly. Or at least, one must hold such to ignore Thomas Moore, etc.

[Pyro7480]

Indeed. They shouldn't have been killed. This had as much to do with political motivations as with religious though.

[dangus]

Obviously, that's the only purpose of the article... to ignite hatred. 100 to 1 bet the author was not Anglican.

[Pyro7480]

It's a possibility. This article also fails to point out what the actions of these men were towards people of other faith traditions.

[Gamecock]

Just reporting what happened today in church history.....

[Pyro7480]

Or more generally, Christian history (including the "pagan" Catholics and Orthodox) ;-)

[CCWoody]

I was talking more about your own commentary.... ~ Pyro

Well, I can certainly see how a statement that those whom the Papists burned are now in glory would be offensive to Catholics. After all, it would mean that their heros were drunk with the blood of the saints. I'm sure that the Catholics would like to sweep their bloody history under the rug.

Woody.

[Gamecock]

If it will make you happy, on 23 FEB, I will post the burning of Polycarp.

(But on 31 OCT I have a special treat)

[Pyro7480]

I'm sure that the Catholics would like to sweep their bloody history under the rug.

Talk about jumping to conclusions. What many Catholics would like to get rid of is the distortion of history by the enemies of the Church. There is no major movement, religion, or civilization whose history has been WITHOUT blood.

[Alex Murphy]

...and to think, all because Bishops Ridley and Latimer didn't believe in making a mountain out of a molehill.

[CCWoody]

Talk about jumping to conclusions. What many Catholics would like to get rid of is the distortion of history by the enemies of the Church. There is no major movement, religion, or civilization whose history has been WITHOUT blood. ~ Pyro

We Predestinarians seem to have been on the short end of almost all of it. You would be amazed at the roll call of the blessed martyrs for the number of Predestinarians slaughtered by Rome and her illegitmate Arminian offspring.

Woody.

[Pyro7480]

We Predestinarians seem to have been on the short end of almost all of it.

So not true. Off the top of my head, I can think of the destruction, beatings, burnings, murders, and other atrocities that took place in Calvinist Switzerland. My favorite spiritual writer was threatened with death on a number of occasions as he traveled through that region trying to convert people back to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. But he remained steadfast, preaching and passing out religious tracts, and ended up converting thousands (72,000 approximately) of people back.

[Gamecock]

Case in point:

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre.