Author: win r

““Haeretics” are accused of crimes in which the Church has more or less openly indulged even down to the beginning of our century. In 1233, Pope Gregory IX., issued two bulls against the Stedingers “for various heathen and magical practices”, and the latter, as a matter of course, were exterminated in the name of Christ [...]

“As we have already shown, it is only Epiphanius whom we find giving such minute details as to the Masonic “grips” and other signs of recognition among the Gnostics. He had once belonged to their number, and therefore it was easy for him to furnish particulars. Only how far the worthy Bishop is to be [...]

“The sin was merely – marriage. John was a “virgin”; several of the Fathers assert the fact on the authority of tradition. Even Paul, the most liberal and high-minded of them all, finds it difficult to reconcile the position of a married man with that of a faithful servant of God. There is also “a [...]

“As to the patristic firebrand, Tertullian, whom des Mousseaux apotheosizes in company with his other demi-gods, he is regarded by Reuss, Baur, and Schweigler, in quite a different light. The untrustworthiness of statement and inaccuracy of Tertullian, says the author of Supernatural Religion, are often apparent. Reuss characterizes his Christianism as “apre, insolent, brutal, ferrailleur.” [...]