To: annalex; metmom; Dr. Eckleburg; Markos33; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; wmfights; Forest Keeper
The canonical punishment for heresy has always been excommunication. No one is going to change that.Always ???
54 posted on
09/20/2010 5:13:29 PM PDT by
RnMomof7
(Jhn 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.)
To: RnMomof7
And those are some of the tamer pictures.
Doing a google search of “instruments of the Inquisition” will kill your appetite for days.
58 posted on
09/20/2010 5:24:17 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: RnMomof7
Really makes you want to run back into the loving arms of Rome, doesn’t it?
59 posted on
09/20/2010 5:25:37 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: RnMomof7; metmom; Dr. Eckleburg; Markos33; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; wmfights; Forest Keeper
That is correct, always.
The state, however, often imposed harsh punishments for heresy, which it equated to treason. Plus, torture was considered a valid method of interrogation.
63 posted on
09/20/2010 6:11:22 PM PDT by
annalex
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