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To: Dominick
I often wonder why Mary I was called "bloody Mary";

She had hundreds of heretics burned at the stake.

14 posted on 10/13/2005 6:44:22 AM PDT by MSSC6644
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To: MSSC6644
She had hundreds of heretics burned at the stake.

Then they should have called her "crispy" Mary.

16 posted on 10/13/2005 7:01:14 AM PDT by conservonator (Pray for those suffering)
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To: MSSC6644
She had hundreds of heretics burned at the stake.

Many were for political treason. THe CAtholics she executed were for refusing the heretical Oath.
18 posted on 10/13/2005 7:31:54 AM PDT by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
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