[Alex Murphy]

....with the spread of the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church required a more centralized and organized approach. It formed the Council of Trent (1545-1563), which printed rules for censorship and listed individual banned titles as well as authors whose writings had been condemned.

Catholic theologian Desiderius Erasmus and Protestant Reformer Martin Luther are among authors whose books were banned....

....One of the exhibits features an essay by Henric Van Cuyck, bishop of Roermond, in which he comments that the invention of printing by Johannes Gutenberg resulted in a world infected by "pernicious lies."

[Liberty1970]

So is this supposed to help the mainstream media justify their widespread censorship of Christians in the last few generations?

[antiRepublicrat]

Any authoritarian power structure wants to censor in order to retain control. This one just happened to be Christian in nature.

[wbarmy]

Joshua 10:13 cannot be used to prove a geocentric or heliocentric vision of the universe. It is from Joshuas view point and the sun did stop in the sky.

Just like people who claim that the Bible supports a flat earth viewpoint. Isaiah 40:22 talks about the circle of the earth. Columbus knew the earth was round, just as all of the Portuguese and Chinese explorers did.

[wmfights]

The overbearing silence coupled with the dim lights illuminating a larger-than-standard, damaged Bible commentary with some passages excised intrigues visitors.

The destruction of written views that differed from those of the dominant state church is a little known aspect of the Dark Ages. It makes study of independent Christian Churches that existed during this time incredibly difficult. Great to see young adults being taught about this and the evil of a state church.

[Claud]

One of the exhibits features an essay by Henric Van Cuyck, bishop of Roermond, in which he comments that the invention of printing by Johannes Gutenberg resulted in a world infected by "pernicious lies."

I guess we're supposed to be all incensed about the censorship, not whether they actually *were* pernicious lies being thrown around or not.

I happen to agree with the bishop. Suppose you were generous and exempt those who had legitimate differences with Rome, you still had the princes and others who used the controversies for political ends. Henry VIII may not have a been a liar...he just killed those who wouldn't lie for his sake.

Nah, I can't get upset about censorship when the truth is soaked in its own blood.