[Romulus]

Today, as 208 years ago today: Sanguis martyrum semen Ecclesiae.

[Romulus]

Aux armes, Citoyens!

[Askel5]

As a matter of fact, a man may well be fanatical, even in the most wicked and vulgar ways-and this is accepted as integral to the freedom of expression-but if the Church wants to allude to what she cannot renounce, or to wjat is unrenouncable to human dignity, then the charge with intolerance and fanaticism is never long in coming, always finding a choir that amplifies and spreads it. This too is our heritage from the "Enlightenment".

[patent]

Those how fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So many martyrs in so many different ages, all giving the same response. I wonder how long it will be before the West faces this again?

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[Steve0113]

In the month of September 1792 alone, there were 1600 victims. Among them, at least 250 priests were slaughtered in the Carmelite convent in Paris.

And the French still celebrate this "revolution"?

[Burn24]

How very interesting. Thank you for putting some perspective in my day.

[annalex]

The most complete liberty governs our vows

Man is not free unless he obeys his vows. This was probably self-evident 300 years ago.

We live under the long dark shadow of the French Revolution. The corruption of the simple notions of liberty and rights of man started then. We won't be free till the silly notions of Enlightenment die.

[Lady In Blue]

Bumping for a later read.Thanks.

[Dajjal]

bumpus ad summum

[.45MAN]

(((PING)))

[Salvation]

**At first, the two oldest were taken by anguish: they were terrorized by the thought of the ghoulish guillotine; but afterwards, they decided to offer themselves together with their sisters. From that time, the community every day renewed the act of offering, during the Holy Mass, binding more and more consciously to Christ's sacrifice.**

I liked this and the nun's repeated request of the presider to define "fanatical."