The Protestant Reformers perfected the propaganda technique with that myth about the Catholic Church which still carries on today as a popular misconception.
Here is an article by The National Review. For the closed-minded bigots who will respond to this, this article was not written by the Catholic Church, it was written by The National Review.
The Real Inquisition-Investigating the popular myth
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp
2006-07-24 02:36:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I saw about this a few years ago on an educational channel.
Yeah, you are right. The inquisition happened - but no where near as terrible as it is portrayed. The clergy of the time just had no idea how to handle the printing press in the hands of those liers. And now there lies are accepted as facts.
In time hopefully more and more people will learn the truth of this.
2006-07-24 02:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by Think.for.your.self 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Uh Huh... First you are mistaken the source IS indeed Catholic.
Thomas F. Madden, the guy who wrote the article... guess what?
He actually WORKS for the Catholic Church.
http://www.slu.edu/departments/history/madden.htm
Saint Louis University is a Jesuit, Catholic university.
So I wonder what he would say. One History teacher with an agenda does not overrule the others who teach the truth.
Second
Did you know that the Pope says it did happen? He even apologized for it.
http://www.catholicherald.com/articles/00articles/meaculpa.htm
http://www.osv.com/periodicals/show-article.asp?pid=275
http://www.americamagazine.org/catholicnews.cfm?articleTypeID=29&textID=2057&issueID=281
and these ARE written by the Catholic Church
here are some more
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/12/world/main171032.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/15/world/main623253.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/search/article/0,8599,40809,00.html
Here is the best link I found, its from an obscure site I stumbled across
http://www.vatican.va/
direct link to the article
http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/6618.php?index=6618&po_date=07.03.2000&lang=ge
I think the source might be Catholic
.
2006-07-24 22:08:25 · answer #2 · answered by Conundrum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the article, the documents used were supplied by the Vatican. The Vatican has a stake in this, so of course their documents would favor their opinion.
You are also a close-minded bigot because you won't accept evidence showing the harsh techniques used.
2006-07-24 09:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by x 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that some people believe anything they read online?
The Inquisition is well documented by many sources in many countries. It is real.
Did you know that our current pope was the head of the office of the Inquisition before he became the pope?
2006-07-24 09:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by songoftheforest 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
History militates against your claim. One of the reason why Christopher Columbus was arrested and denied the honor he deserved for the discovering of the New Wold because in even that he was born in Italy, he was half Spaniard and half Jew.
2006-07-24 09:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by Niguayona 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is the case, then all of European history is a lie. In that case, what is the history of Europe?
2006-07-24 09:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the inquisition may not have been as fierce or arbitrary as it was often claimed to be, but it certainly existed.
2006-07-24 09:40:52 · answer #7 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm... tell that to Giordano Bruno.
2006-07-24 09:58:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think thats true.
2006-07-24 09:43:54 · answer #9 · answered by Lundy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are one sick sob
2006-07-24 09:43:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋