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To: wmfights; Gamecock; blue-duncan; xzins; P-Marlowe; Uncle Chip; fortheDeclaration

there is no denying that the RCC consolidated it's grip on state power, in western Europe, by attempting to destroy all other Christian Churches that emerged. It was only after the Reformation and religious wars had ended that state power was not used to force Christians to comply with one Church's dictates.

Some of the Christians persecuted by the RCC were:

The Paulicians
The Albigenses
The Paterines
The Petrobrussians
The Henricians
The Arnoldists
The Hussites
The Waldenses
The Annabaptists

Amen. Don't forget the Huguenots...

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It is simply a fact of history, as you rightly note, that the RCC used force and terror to compel belief, while the Reformation relied on the "Scriptures and the power of God."

"Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" -- Ephesians 6:14-17

4,142 posted on 08/25/2007 9:36:57 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

To: Dr. Eckleburg

We’re going to have to have a “Sides” thread.

I’ve lost track of who’s on whose side.

And the arguments in which who is with whom.

“Which side are you on?” .... whaddayathink :>)

4,144 posted on 08/25/2007 9:42:28 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)

To: Dr. Eckleburg; wmfights; hosepipe; MarkBsnr

Some of the Christians persecuted by the RCC were:
The Paulicians The Albigenses The Paterines The Petrobrussians The Henricians The Arnoldists The Hussites The Waldenses The Annabaptists

Amen. Don't forget the Huguenots...

And all that persecution could have been avoided had they simply chosen to remain illiterate --- Biblically illiterate.

4,162 posted on 08/25/2007 12:35:45 PM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)

To: Dr. Eckleburg

Actually, Dr. E, if you read the motives and the reasons behind the flocking of the German, and then the English and other European nobles to the Reformation was power, pure and simple.

They wanted local control bereft of what they saw as an interfering temporal ruler in Rome.

4,176 posted on 08/25/2007 1:58:02 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)

To: Dr. Eckleburg

The Huguenots were persecuted by the Government of France.

4,493 posted on 08/27/2007 1:52:10 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)

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