I am smocked and bewildered by the constant stream of articles by Catholics bemoaning the Reformation and today’s Protestants on this forum, at a time where all Christians, no matter their tradition nor even the strength of their faith, should be locked arm in arm against the forces who wish to destroy their shared heritage. I mean complaining about oppression during the reign of the Tudors? There was a reason the Catholic queen became known as “Bloody Mary!”
History is written by the victors.
Elizabeth and Mary weren’t nice people. To be understating the facts. Elizabeth seems to have been downright unpleasant on the being affable end of things to boot.
Frankly, few of the royals have been worth a damn when it came to THEIR power and THEIR prestige. Ask the Chinese about Victoria on that front. And that’s even discounting that for every Alfred the Great (a rare bright spot) there are a dozen or more of Leonard the Lames.
But what else is new? Of all the kings of Israel, then Judah and Israel, the number that did good before The Lord was appallingly low.
I personally enjoy having Catholics go nuts in such obvious ways.
Free Republic is loaded with tons of Catholic Caucus threads, so when they post such articles, the non-Catholics can respond.
"...all Christians, no matter their tradition nor even the strength of their faith, should be locked arm in arm against the forces who wish to destroy their shared heritage...
This is not hard to understand. It is important.