"Writing in the early 16th century, the Dutch scholar Erasmus already lamented that the faithful “often fall into the hands of priests who, under the pretense of confession, commit acts which are not fit to be mentioned.”
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, a 16th-century Dutch scholar and theologian. He was not alone. The suspicion that all too often priests abused or seduced their flock—usually young women—was common in the late Middle Ages. When the Reformation erupted, it became fodder for Protestant critics of the Catholic Church.
Their preferred target was the sacrament of confession. The idea was not far-fetched. In Renaissance cities and towns confession was among the few accepted occasions for respectable women to meet unsupervised with men outside their families, whether their parish priests or the vast army of monks (Franciscans, Augustinians, Dominicans, and others) who served as preachers and confessors.
As Erasmus realized, such confidential encounters made fertile ground for improper relations.
These concerns were exacerbated, some historians have argued, by a contemporary shift in confession. In earlier centuries, most lay people partook in this sacrament mainly during the annual cycle of Lenten reconciliations in preparation for Easter. In this context, confession meant above all to own up to “social” sins like avarice, anger, and pride, and to address their deleterious consequences for the Christian community.
Toward the end of the Middle Ages, a different mode of confession gained ground among the devout, particularly among women. For them, the practice turned into a regular exchange with a priest, who took on the role of confidant and spiritual adviser. Such exchanges often turned to questions of the heart, especially those of a sexual nature."
Trump on steroids! kek
Fuck Jeff Sessions!
Joe in basement while his wife is out campaigning. Hilarious!
Joe will not be debating. Covid will somehow be used to back out of the debate.
The Pope is called "Holy Father" but the Bible says Matthew 23:9 King James Version 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
kek LeBron's mom is probably a crackhead too.
Kosovo is a 95% Islamic country! Serbia is over 90% Christian! War has been going on for over twenty years. Amazing job!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE kek
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!
How they picked a candidate that is worst than Hillary is quite amazing.
The Catholic church, cardinals and popes have used their religion to sexual abuse, rape, promote homosexuality, pedophilia and pederasty around the world for over 1000 years. What are your thoughts?
It's too bad Virginia has a "peaceful protest" exemption. kek
kek also RBG dying has changed their plans quite a bit. Without her all of their hopes have died.
Public education on display.
Smells like "FREEDOM"!
The Catholic church, cardinals and popes have used their religion to sexual abuse, rape, promote homosexuality, pedophilia and pederasty around the world for over 1000 years.
Liberalism is a mental illness.
"Peaceful Protests" are so much better than rallys. kek
The media today is still saying that Biden staying in the basement and doing some socially distanced events with circles is a good idea and a smart strategy. kek
Not surprising at all.
Nominating Judge Lagoa would seal the deal in Florida.
Sadly, Jewish law states that a priest can have sex a 3 year old girl."In Yebamoth 60b the Talmud says:
It was taught: R. Simeon ben Yohai stated: ‘A proselyte who is under the age of three years and one day is permitted to marry a priest. For it is said, But all the women children that have not known men by lying with them, keep for yourselves; (Numbers 31:18) and Phinehas surely was with them.’
I was shocked to learn this. How in the world would such a supposed learned wise man of God such as Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (see footnote below) think to interpret this Biblical passage in this way? And on top of that, arbitrarily impose such a young age to determine marriageability? This sounds like it should be from the Koran and not from the Talmud. I was reading from a Christian website, so I thought maybe they are taking this out of context. So I went first to my Bible to read Numbers 31:18 to understand the context of what it says, then I went to the Sefaria.org website to read what Yebamoth 60b actually says. This made me even more confused…then angry."
"Pope Francis has spoken openly about homosexuality. In a recent interview, the pope said that homosexual tendencies “are not a sin.” And a few years ago, in comments made during an in-flight interview, he said,
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
However, the pope has also discouraged homosexual men from entering the priesthood. He categorically stated in another interview that for one with homosexual tendencies, the “ministry or the consecrated life is not his place.”
Many gay priests, when interviewed by The New York Times, characterized themselves as being in a “cage” as a result of the church’s policies on homosexuality.
As a scholar specializing in the history of the Catholic Church and gender studies, I can attest that 1,000 years ago, gay priests were not so restricted. In earlier centuries, the Catholic Church paid little attention to homosexual activity among priests or laypeople.
Open admission of same-sex desires
St. Aelred. Alexander Penrose Forbes While the church’s official stance prohibiting sexual relations between people of the same sex has remained constant, the importance the church ascribes to the “sin” has varied. Additionally, over centuries, the church only sporadically chose to investigate or enforce its prohibitions.
Prior to the 12th century, it was possible for priests – even celebrated ones like the 12th-century abbot and spiritual writer St. Aelred of Riveaulx – to write openly about same-sex desire, and ongoing emotional and physical relationships with other men."