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To: Mr Rogers

Why do anti-Catholics never learn?

Toulouse was a local council about the Albigensians. It effected no one outside of the region of southern France. And since we have Catholis Bibles, New Testaments and partials IN FRENCH from that time and afterward, it is clear that it was never intended as a blanket ban but as a strike against the heretical Albigensians.

And about what Innocent III said, he was right - as demonstrated by Protestants at FR almost every single day.


89 posted on 05/10/2011 10:38:23 AM PDT by vladimir998 (When people deny truth exists they must be wrong)
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To: Cronos; Al Hitan; vladimir998; Campion; Natural Law; fortheDeclaration; Alex Murphy

“Toulouse was a local council about the Albigensians.”

It was the start, not the finish. As I have documented, the ban on vernacular translations spread. It was 1408 before it became illegal to translate in the vernacular in England - OK, not illegal, you just needed permission from a Church that never gave it.

In other places, a vernacular translation was allowed IF the person owning it was considered up to the task - according to the bishop, or sometimes requiring permission of the Pope himself.

“And about what Innocent III said, he was right - as demonstrated by Protestants at FR almost every single day.”

Given that the Catholic Church long used “do penance” instead of “repent”, I find his concern about the sublimity of scripture laughable. Those who feel free to alter the word of God to suit their doctrine rather than their doctrine to match God’s word will get their reward...hope they like it.


91 posted on 05/10/2011 10:52:28 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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