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[–] davidw221 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Mark my words, the trashing of Catholics is because of the new upcoming Supreme Court Judge Amy Comey Barrett

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[–] dudelol 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

LEAVE THE WHORE

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[–] TurquoiseLover [S] 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I heard the U.S. bishops wrote a letter to Trump asking for his help with the J SCAM FAKE pope that hillary and barry installed.

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[–] sexylarrytate 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It is that socialist pope who said he admired the Chinese system of government.

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[–] scoripowarrior 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This just incenses me to no end! As a retired Catholic School teacher there is absolutely NO reason that this Bishop and the "so called clergy" are reacting this way. Let's be very clear, over the last 15-10 yrs. the "hierarchy" of the church has moved more and more to the left in support of the radical ideas. Most Catholics I know DO NOT support these views.

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[–] webster_warrior ago 

Exactly. And, what a missed opportunity to praise the students' integrity and credit the Catholic system. It goes to show how completely wrapped up the leaders are in their own sense of importance and authority. Take Cardinal Dolan...

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[–] HouseHawkwood 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They've shown themselves unsuited to the priest hood. They abandoned their flock to score SJW points. Fuck em, Vatican 2 was a mistake and Pope Francis needs to step down.

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[–] scoripowarrior ago 

I agree that many of them need to step aside and some need to be in jail. I was a kid when Vatican 2 was going on. It was a huge upheaval at that time as I remember. Some good came from it, but not all was roses and rainbows. Yes, Pope Francis is a Marxist and needs to be removed. NO Jesuit should have ANY role in the Catholic Church.

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[–] telleveryoneyouknow 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

(((Catholic leaders)))

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[–] scoripowarrior ago 

Not the people as much as the "leadership".

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[–] nubbyhubby 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Well hopefully the ones that think the kids did wrong will be hurt in the pocketbook/Collection plate.

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[–] Diakrisis1 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Great Awakening [From Dark to Light]

Protestant (One who protest the Roman Catholic Church) Hello Protestant!

The History of Protestantism began with the Protestant Reformation, an attempt to reform the Western Church. The reactions of the ecclesiastical and political leaders at the time of the reformers led to a schism between Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church.

During the centuries leading up to the Protestant Reformation, many western Christians were troubled by what they saw as false doctrines and malpractices within the Church, particularly involving the teaching and sale of indulgences. Another major contention was rampant simony, the sale of offices in the church, and tremendous corruption within the Church's hierarchy. At the time, this systemic corruption often reached all the way up to the Bishop of Rome himself, the Pope. This set the stage for open debate and conflict after German theologian Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses on the sale of indulgences in 1517. Contents[show] History and origins

Protestants generally trace their separation from the Catholic Church to the 16th century. The origin of mainstream Protestantism is sometimes called the Magisterial Reformation because the movement received support from the magistrates, the ruling authorities (as opposed to the Radical Reformation, which had no state sponsorship). Older Protestant churches, such as the Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), Moravian Brethren or the Bohemian Brethren trace their origin to the time of Jan Hus in the early 15th century. As it was led by a majority of Bohemian nobles and recognized for a time by the Basel Compacts, this was the first Magisterial Reformation in Europe. In Germany, a hundred years later, the protests erupted in many places at once, during a time of threatened Islamic Ottoman invasion ¹ which distracted German princes in particular. To some degree, the protest can be explained by the events of the previous two centuries in Europe and particularly in Bohemia. Earlier in the south of France, where the old influence of the cathares led to the growing protests towards the pope and pope's authorities. Famous Guillaume Farel, b. 1489, prieched reformation already in 1522 in Dauphiné, from where started the French Wars of Religion in 1562, also known as huguenot wars, which spread later to other parts of Europe. Roots and precursors: 14th century and 15th century

Unrest due to the Great Schism of Western Christianity (1378–1416) excited wars between princes, uprisings among the peasants, and widespread concern over corruption in the Church. A new nationalism also challenged the relatively internationalist medieval world. The first of a series of disruptive and new perspectives came from John Wycliffe at Oxford University, then from Jan Hus at the University of Prague. The Catholic Church officially concluded this debate at the Council of Constance (1414–1417). The conclave condemned Jan Hus, who was executed by burning in spite of a promise of safe-conduct. At the command of Pope Martin V, Wycliffe was posthumously exhumed and burned as a heretic twelve years after his burial.

The Council of Constance confirmed and strengthened the traditional medieval conception of Churches and Empires. It did not address the national tensions, or the theological tensions which had been stirred up during the previous century. The council could not prevents schism and the Hussite Wars in Bohemia.[1]

Historical upheaval usually yields much new thinking as to how society should be organized. This was the case leading up to the Protestant Reformation. Following the breakdown of monastic institutions and scholasticism in late medieval Europe, accentuated by the "Babylonian Captivity" of the Avignon Papacy, the Great Schism, and the failure of the Conciliar movement, the sixteenth century saw the fomenting of a great cultural debate about religious reforms and later fundamental religious values (See German mysticism). Historians would generally assume that the failure to reform (too many vested interests, lack of coordination in the reforming coalition) would eventually lead to a greater upheaval or even revolution, since the system must eventually be adjusted or disintegrate, and the failure of the Conciliar movement helped lead to the Protestant Reformation in Europe. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from nominalism, devotio moderna (modern devotion), to humanism occurring in conjunction with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the elite clergy, sensitizing the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular Renaissance church.

read full article here: http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/History_of_Protestantism

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[–] webster_warrior 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The Catholic, or, Universal, church was the all embracing church of the Roman Empire. It has rightly been described, "The Pagan Church of Rome," since so many of Rome's client states were idol worshipers. Judaism was a problem for them. The arrival and spread of Christ's church, coincident with the early decline of The Roman Empire, created enormous problems for Roman rule. Rome responded with persecution.

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