--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> >
> > Not content to make up things about people she considers
> > her enemies, now Judy makes up "facts" about the Inquisition.
> > That's a very Inquisitor-like thing to do. :-)
>
> I don't make up anything about anything or anybody. That's
> your gig, Barry.
>
> The Inquisition of which Ratzinger was named Cardinal-Prefect
> in 1981 by Pope John Paul II--now known as the Congregation
> for the Doctrine of the Faith--was, as I said, established in
> 1542 by Pope Paul III and has been in continuous operation
> since then.
>
> Which Inquisition did you have in mind, Barry?
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0Y39eMvpI
>
>
> > Even a short period of Googling would reveal how wrong she
> > is about several things below, like being 354 years off on
> > the "start date," as reported even by apologist Catholic
> > organizatins. I'm pointing it out just so that she'll
> > go crazy trying to prove herself RIGHT, DAMNIT and make a
> > fool of herself for our amusement. :-)
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
> > > (snip)
> > > > I was never Catholic, and don't know much about Pope
> > > > Benedict, other than his uncanny resemblance to the
> > > > Sith Emperor from Star Wars :-), and what was said
> > > > about him before he was elected Pope, which was that
> > > > he was one of the most feared men in Catholicism. I
> > > > do know that he was the person who brought *back* the
> > > > Inquisition to the Church, after it had finally been
> > > > abolished after 600 years, and led it for many years.
> > >
> > > For the record, this is not true. The Inquisition has
> > > been in continuous operation since it was established
> > > in 1542. It was never abolished (nor has it been around
> > > for 600 years!). It has undergone a couple of name
> > > changes; since 1965 it's been called the Congregation
> > > for the Doctrine of the Faith.
> > >
> > > Of course it doesn't burn anybody at the stake these
> > > days.
> > >
> > > Ratzinger was named Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation
> > > by Pope John Paul II in 1981.
> > >
> >
>
