[Noumenon]

So aside from my spelling, what’s not true about that statement? What do you suppose the Renaissance was all about?

[irishjuggler]

Where did the Renaissance take place? In priest-infested Italy? If the Catholic Church was stifling knowledge, how could the Renaissance happen in the most Catholic place in Europe? Most of what you think that you know about the "Inquisition" is pure myth and bigotry. Free YOUR mind.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp

[Unam Sanctam]

The great Renaissance luminary Erasmus didn’t follow Luther into heresy and schism, so I don’t think your labeling the Renaissance as an anti-Catholic movement works.