So now we know where the Church got its "burn the heretics at the stake" authority.So you are saying that Mat 16:19 is Jesus giving the Catholic Church the authority to "burn the heretics at the stake?"Yes that would be Jesus that gave His Church that authority:
Mat 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
That is a major enlightening point.
You do know that many of those that the Catholic Church claimed to be heretics were right in what they tried to tell the Catholic Church?
One such "heretic" had the audacity to teach that the earth revolved around the sun, while the Church taught that the sun revolved around the earth. He was burned to death tied to a stake for knowing (and talking about) the truth.
One was burned at the stake for endeavoring to get the Word of God out to the masses. (John [Jan] Hus)
Thank you very much verga for bringing this understanding of that scripture to our attention!
Galileo was not burned at the stake, he was imprisoned, and not for the reason you erroneously claim.
One was burned at the stake for endeavoring to get the Word of God out to the masses. (John [Jan] Hus)
Hus was killed for preaching heresy and refusing to recant his lies.
If you have these simple things wrong what other things do you have wrong?