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To: daniel1212
Catholic Answers apologists & others have addressed the "exterminate" issue more than once. "Extermino/-are" in Latin is cognate to "exterminate" in English, but the words have diverged in meaning.

"Extermino" comes from "ex" (out of, out from) and "terminus" (border, boundary, demarcation). It means "to drive out" or "expel". The same document that talks about "exterminating" heretics also discusses receiving "exterminated" but repentant heretics back into the fold. To translate "extermino/-are" into English as "exterminate" without explanation is translational malfeasance.

Halsall knows this, or, as a historian and scholar, ought to know this. He just doesn't care and is happy to make the Church look bad. That a supposedly "Jesuit" school like Fordham tolerates him tells you what you need to know about them.

50 posted on 05/27/2024 10:06:40 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: daniel1212
Brief Catholic Answers discussion on Lateran IV & extermino
58 posted on 05/27/2024 2:47:58 PM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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