How many catholic related deaths with protestants were there?

Question

How many catholics were killed by protestants. And I need a good source for this.
As I already know how many Christians were killed by ruthless catholics.

It can't be casualties from a war, it has to be execution because of their belief.

Answer 1

I do not know. Should they come attached with warning lables like you find on hair dryers. Like Friends don't let friends become mormon?

Answer 2

Where are you going with this? Are you trying to compare victim "scores"? Do you want reparations? And just how do you know exactly how many Protestants were "killed by Catholics"?

I don't believe actual casualty statistics exist for the 30 Year's War, or the English persecutions under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but Catholics definitely died. We might have better tallies for more recent incidents, such as the Troubles between the Unionists and the IRA in Northern Ireland. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether a murder was religious, political or just criminal, or does that matter to you?

Seriously, what is your point? That Catholics killed more Protestants than v-v? Probably, since it was more often the predominant religion than not, for long time. In Protestant areas, the ratio was usually reversed. All that tells us is that the more powerful side is more violent (and therefore less Christian) during a dispute. A better question might be how religious groups can physically assault each other claiming they're "defending" their faith as they violate its teachings?

Answer 3

I have seen estimates but I cannot think of where right now. However, you do need to include wars. The Reformation was a civil war in the classic sense. It is very improper to exclude formal wars from other bloodshed. For example, what you would be including was the 20,000 executions Luther presided over against the Baptists, but not the loss of between 1/6th and 1/3rd of the German population in the Lutheran-Catholic 30 years war. That is arbitrary, very arbitrary. The medaeval states were not modern states and so "declared" wars versus acts of terrorism were not very distinguishable.

Let me provide an example, when Perugia declared war on Assisi, upon victory, they nailed horseshoes into the feet of all males. This was quite normal. You would be imposing modern ideas upon a world that resembles today's Afganistan. When the Roman Empire collapsed tremendous failures of society occured.

The United States has its Congress declare war. It is a formal legislative act. Such an idea would have been completely foreign. People died. Regardless of how they died, they were systematically killed, whether by "war," or by rounding them up and executing them.

I would also recommend, if this is a serious review, to look at Anabaptist history. It was very bloody. They ruthlessly killed anyone who disagreed with them, executing entire cities. The peace churches evolved out of this violence. After about 30 years of killing, some members started rejecting violence.

Answer 4

good point, to bad no one can answer this. or maybe its a good thing we cant answer this.

Answer 5

Anyone who kill is a terrorist!