Re: Catholics in Space!

--- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@austarmetro.com.au>
wrote:

> Anyway, here's my opinion: The Anglican (in the US
> Episcopalian) church
> is but pre-Vatican 2 Catholicism without the Pope or
> Priestly celebacy,
> at least in the High form. Post-Vatican 2
> catholicism is way more relaxed,
> laid-back and even a bit touchy-feely new-age-ish.

As a Catholic I knew once but it, "Catholics are just
johnny-come-lately Lutherans."

> Here's a question for you:
> In its 400 year history, How many people in toto did
> the Spanish Inquisition
> burn (or cause to be burnt)?

The seconds point is the important one--IIRC, the
Inquisition couldn't actually execute anyone.  They
had to hand over death penalty cases to the Spanish
courts.

> Comparison with the Ottomans is quite appropriate.

Not a choice I'd want to make.	Although, "Better the
Sultan's Turban than the Cardinal's Hat" was a fairly
popular saying when the Orthodox Church was
considering union with the Latins as an alternative to
conquest of the City by the Turk.

> Then there's the Crusades against the Hussites,

That doesn't count.  Getting kicked around by a bunch
of farmers counts as stupidity, not opression.

> Mother Church. Some people never do get the word -
> take a look at the
> behaviour of some Serbs to some Bosnians.

Who are Orthodox, not Catholic.  Croats are the
Catholic psychos (well, them and the Irish except for
those who are Prod psychos).

John

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