[topcat54]

From the NR Online article:

"Now at last the scholars have made their report, an 800-page tome that was unveiled at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday. Its most startling conclusion is that the Inquisition was not so bad after all."

Yeah, right. By Vatican "scholars" from Vatican sources. I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say the protestants got what they deserved.

[mike182d]

Yeah, right. By Vatican "scholars" from Vatican sources. I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say the protestants got what they deserved.

Like it or not, the Vatican contains an incredible wealth of history from over the past 2000 years (as it is one of the longest lasting institutions in existence today, surviving the rise and fall of various nations). Just because its in the Vatican doesn't make it irrelevant or "biased."

[dangus]

>>>> "Now at last the scholars have made their report, an 800-page tome that was unveiled at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday. Its most startling conclusion is that the Inquisition was not so bad after all."

>>Yeah, right. By Vatican "scholars" from Vatican sources. I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say the protestants got what they deserved.

Umm... topcat, you do know that the Inquisition was applied to Moslims, don't you?

[dangus]

... besides, the Vatican sources were the records kept by the Vatican. Should we believe rumor-mongering among illiterate peasantry, "histories" by those who weren't present, or the official records? If the records are contradictory, or don't square with other documents, then scholars will note that. But I dare say that the Catholic CHurch knows better what it did than the crafters of legend in distant England.

[Alex Murphy]

"Its most startling conclusion is that the Inquisition was not so bad after all."

You mean it could have been worse?

After seeing some honkin' big Kingdom of Heaven displays in my local theater, I was really looking forward to seeing it. After reading this thread, now I'm not so sure.