Members of the Catholic clergy were financially, politically and socially corrupt. ... Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. ... Another grievance that eventually became a driving force behind the Reformation, was the sale of indulgences. ...
Members of the Catholic clergy were financially, politically and socially corrupt. ... Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. ... Another grievance that eventually became a driving force behind the Reformation, was the sale of indulgences. ...
The Hated Anabaptists "One cannot and should not use force to compel anyone to accept faith, for faith is a free gift of God. It is wrong to compel anyone by force or coercion to embrace the faith, or to put to death anyone for the sake of his erring faith. ... The lord has commanded simply to preach the Gospel, not to compel anyone by force to accept it. ... Even the non-religious feared the Anabaptists, because they felt that they were corrupting all social order, and bringing nothing but chaos...
Galileo's Condemnation As anyone person reads the files from the condemnation of Galileo Galilei they are immediately flabbergasted by the continuity of the church's corrupted files. ... With the overuse of power the Church destroyed Galileo's reputation by forcing him to publicly admit he had made mistakes in his scientific research. ...
With this close connection between Catholic clergy and laity, ensured that the Catholic Church remained an extremely influential force in Irish society for decades. For the people outside of Ireland that thought that Ireland was a hostile and corrupt from their war of independence and the civil war, they were wrong. ...
For centuries the Roman Catholic Church had dominated Western Europe both politically and religiously. The Church gave its blessing to king and emperors, this was evident with the crowning of Charlemange by Pope Leo III on Christmas day. The Church was also able to force its will and influence on t...
For Luther to take this position required considerable courage on his part due to the fact he was facing an ecclesiastical force of great strength and authority. ... I have truly despised your see, the Roman Curia, which, however, neither you nor anyone else can deny is more corrupt than any Babylon or Sodom ever was, and which, as far as I can see, is characterized by a completely depraved, hopeless, and notorious godlessness" (Luther and Dillenberge r 44-45). ...
