Don't forget Henry VIII, Mary I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, etc. -Kevin
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:42:57 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I have time, I will expound. > > The schism initiated by Martin Luther's 95 theses and the extremism it > caused is what I was pointing out. This event was bad for the Roman > Church in a number of ways. Not because of the dissent, but because of > the extremism it caused on both sides of the issue. The papal response > to Martin Luther was even worse. > > The Roman Church became more xenophobic and conservative. It probably > delayed much needed reforms in the Roman Church by 550 years. It also > forced Martin Luther to work for his reforms outside of the Roman > Church. > > Additionally, it encouraged extremists to deepen the rift and caused > reverberations still felt today, c.f. the klan, etc. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Insane > > ah I misunderstood your point then. I thought you were saying he was > the first dissenter. > > Dana > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:55:34 -0600, Russel Madere > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Protestant Reformation led to the violent persecution of the > > followers of the Roman Canon by other Christians. Galileo and Joan of > > Arc were both followers of the Roman Canon persecuted by fellow > > followers. > > > > Russel Madere > > Webmaster > > 504.832.9835 > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:57 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Insane > > > > uh... no it didn't. What about Galileo? Or Joan of Arc? Byzantine? > > > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:48:53 -0600, Russel Madere > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It all started with Martin Luther. :) > > > > > > Russel Madere > > > Webmaster > > > 504.832.9835 > > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:23 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Insane > > > > > > My apologies if I was misconstrued. I was not attempting to attack > > > rural Christians or making a universal statement of behavior about > > > individuals. I was commenting on a _perception_ by non-Christians. > > > > > > A hegemony IS a broad brush though. If you yourself are considered > > > apostate, then there is presumably a larger body which is weilding > > > enough sociopolitical power to say so. There are always dissenting > > > individuals and there is still a generalized whole. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:45:29 -0600, Russel Madere > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Kevin, > > > > > > > > You are painting all with the same brush. Rural Christians are > not > > > > monolithic. > > > > > > > > There are quite a few of us rural Christians that our evangelical > > > > brethren consider apostates because we believe tradition as well > as > > > the > > > > Bible guide our faith. While we are Christian, we are > marginalized > > in > > > > the "Bible Belt" because of our faith. > > > > > > > > Please be careful where you sling your vindictaves. > > > > > > > > Russel Madere > > > > Webmaster > > > > 504.832.9835 > > > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142141 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
