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Though the inquisition was wrong, and was rightly apoligized for by Pope John Paul II, historians claim the Catholic Inquisition was far less brutal than popular culture argues, and Protestants in Germany had similar organizations for the same purposes which were just as cruel.
Many point out the Galileo case as a sign of intolerance, and it was wrong for the church to execute him, so it was also right for PJPII to apologive on behalf of the church. But all reputable historians agree the church only did what it did because he refused to acknowledge it as a theory, he couldn't even entirely prove it at the time, and before he demanded it be recognized as fact, jesuits were teaching this theory in Catholic universities. The facts are that the church is recognized as founding almost every branch of modern science, with many of the fathers of the fields bieng Catholic priests and monks.
the Church built western civilizatio- art, music, writing, law
2006-11-16
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