To: USS Johnston; ronnietherocket3
The rest of Europe was bloody enough. Orders were given from the Vatican. the latter statement is utterly wrong
The former is not completely correct. What are the origins of the Inquisition? it dates to the 8th century and the Moslem conquest of Spain. It took the Spanish 700 years to boot the Moslem rulers out. But even after that, there were moslems still in Spain.
the converts were also suspected of being closet Moslems and that removal was the aim of the Inquisition.
75 posted on
07/28/2013 8:51:36 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Latin presbuteros>Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
To: Cronos
At the moment I must leave, but if you want to debate blow-by-blow the subversiveness of many Popes and Vatican throughout the ages, we can go there too.
With respect to dispelling Islam from Europe, the Papal Decree was undoubtedly in the right.
77 posted on
07/28/2013 8:57:00 AM PDT by
USS Johnston
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