"God will recognize his own" is the one I'm familiar with, and was just his excuse to want to have anyone killed. Or was laziness because he knew trying to sift through all the heretics would take so much time. He was especially brutal in trying to wipe out all the Cathars. No doubt, I myself did not agree with their indeed heretical beliefs, but they literally did nothing to bother anyone else and stayed to themselves.
I think Innocent III had to be one of the most vicious and ungodly popes Europe ever had, if not the worst. This man was vile and carnal in so many ways it actually shocks me that he could be like that yet still be kept on the "throne." The dude was an utter asshole.
That clearly was a questionable time... God does say in the bible to kill but does not take kindly when other people take it upon them to kill on his behalf, because it's important to know the will of God before you act
This is just like "smite them down amalek" it is because at the time it was an attempt to overcompensate for a problem and after they realised this was a poor approach them changed it
Pretty cold-blooded coming from Pope Innocent.🤔
I like it tho. I think I'll use that quote often now.🌚
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Proof that neither the pope nor the Catholic church represented true Christianity: Jesus Christ said "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). Paul said "Avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel..."(2 Timothy 2:23,24).
It's the proof for me to say.. That
"religions are comedy for intelligent and reality for ignorant" .
Pope innocent
bit like American and allied bombing campaigns today where we see those innocent lives taken by airstrikes described as ''collateral damage''
I've seen that quote before but I cannot remember where.
I'm not sure! You're wicked smart, my friend.
It was the seige of Béziers, against the Cathars. The problem was that they were afraid that many who believed the heresy (essentialy Gnosticism) would claim that they were Catholic to avoid execution. So the order went out, as the gnostic Christians were a threat to the centralized power of the church (the belief in personal revelation/the ability to bypass clergy)
What a lunatic.. He should of been wiped out too if he believed in that
Wasn't a mere papal emissary who said this, and not the Pope himself?
i would have loved to assassin's creed his idiotic ass
I do like his killing all religious people policy but he is a pope so there is no possible way i could even slightly value his opinion
in the time of the crusades, man was slightly more advanced than a caveman. with some stars here and there.
No wonder the Catholic Church has its problems, when you have a pope , organising blood shed. What happened to the Christian spirit of peace...
Hard to believe a Pope would say something like that but again, it is the medieval times
That's like cleaning the whole kitchen for a single spot of dirt.
I’m glad I didn’t live during those ages... wow...😅
In those days.. Christianity was as far from its true values as it is now.. the church bended the teachings to serve its own agendas and were just as barbaric as any
Innocent II was not a very moral person, but then again I can't think about a moral pope off hand.
This is a call for violence and unjustified killing
Religions are a call to tolerance and mercy, not to killing and violence
and people still wonder why i hate religions and religious people
I don’t agree with that lol that’s a little harsh
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