I never even knew about this forum.I took a look at the CARM forums and these people are soooooooooo hostile toward Catholics. I knew anti-Catholicism existed but these people are just so rude.
Very elusive answer. You are not making your case as to how/where confusion within Christianity is cleared up, for someone who might be searching these threads.And here I was thinking that I included Catholics
Point is. You may not like the answer. But it is
“Depending who you ask”.
End point.
Thank you!
How do we know that George Washington was the first President of the United States?How do we know that our Faith is the first Christian Church and really does go back to Jesus Himself, and St.Peter?
Oh yes. Catholics on here just say things is a less forward way.They seem to be a bit more “explicit” compared to the “subtle” nature here on CAF. To be honest I think the Catholics on here are just the same just in a more subtle way! (For the lack of a better word than subtle!)
To be honest. I would probably get bored on CARM. (My opinion) they are pretty much the same as here from the other angle. (Don’t share that… shhhhhh).So based on your answer above, anyone reading your answer can justify what they read on CARM as truth. Do you think CARM speaks for all of truth of Christianity? Do you think absolute truth cannot be attained? It seems you either think this or you are afraid of clearifying where this truth can be found so you are not held accountable to your answer. Do you give these elusive answers to people you run into on the street?
I just googled Pope Alexander lll and Pope Innocent lll and the Carthar Crusade. Not only did Pope Alexander declare a crusade against the Cathars, he also granted two years indulgence to all who would take up arms against the Cathars and eternal salvation for any killed in the battle. In 1208 Pope Innocent in addition also granted the lands and possessions of the heretics to any who would take up arms against the Cathars. Interestingly enough, just like some people hid and protected the Jews in WWIl, some Catholics helped and hid the Cathars and the whole town of Beziers was slaughtered by the crusaders when they could not distinguish Catholic from Cathar. It is believed that slaughter there were approximately 250 Cathars and between 10 and 20,000 citizens, men, women and children, all slaughtered. Was the Pope informed? He apparently started one letter to the front lines with: “Praise and thanks to the Lord for that which He hath wrought through thee…against His most penitential enemies.”Hope, different history books will give different answers on the question of killing Catholics or Protestants. The hard part is determining whether the killings were religiously motivated or political and determining if the Popes were involved can be almost impossible. Some killings MAY have been motivated by what someone thought the Pope would want without the Pope’s knowledge. Is that His fault? History is messy and we often can’t answer the question we really want to ask.
Does that help?