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“For two years Conrad combed the cities and countryside of Germany searching out the Waldensians with unabated pleasure. He enlisted Dominicans and Franciscans to assist in his endeavor, which they did without reservation. But Conrad did not waste his time with cumbersome trials, moving ahead...

Among other things, I’m a retired adjunct theology professor who has taught church history; not a denier of church history. I’ve quoted standard works on church history on the forum for four years now. (You know that is true. So do many other members.) I’ve probably quoted more church history...

“One of the earliest inquisitors, Conrad, already had an impressive resume after suppressing the Cathars in Innocent III’s Albigensian Crusade apearly in the thirteenth century. He had gained notoriety for the bloody massacres that occurred under his leadership. A few years later Gregory IX...

“Thus, when Gregory IX assumed the pontifical throne, he was able to build on a grand heritage. A passionate Catholic who viewed himself as a pastor, he dedicated himself to the destruction of splinter groups who divorced themselves from the Holy Mother Church. Only two years after assuming the...

“Although Thomas Torquemada is most closely associated with the Inquisitions, the movement commenced more than two centuries before the Grand Inquisitor’s name became synonymous with the era. The true father of the movement was, without question, Pope Gregory IX (Ugolino de Segni, 1227-1241)...

“… the Crusade programs were intended to remove sects as a group, not as individuals. Like a conventional army in guerilla-style warfare, they were ill-prepared to handle individual threats. As one author pointed out, ‘The crusade ... was a very blunt instrument, capable of dealing with heretics...

“When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.” - Edmund Burke

You conceal the identity of the church you attend and represent. That’s a denial of church history. You believe and teach others that Jesus sometimes lied. That‘s a denial of NT history. You haven’t read the writings of the Ante Nicene Fathers. That’s ignorance of multiple centuries of church...

I’ve read them. When asked, you couldn’t even identify a single one of the writers. @Armour of God @NayborBear have either of you read them?

The followers of Jesus in the first three centuries of Christian history, contrary to what @Wrangler would like for us to believe, weren’t “armed, ready to kill,” and they certainly were doers of justice. How do we know this is true? The New Testament, Roman historians, Christian writers of the...

I would like for my readers to pay close attention to this part of your message. *** Where does he begin his analysis? “Since the 4th century …” He passed over the first three centuries of Christian history.

Suffering is an essential element of being a Christian. I don’t deny history. I’m bound by the constraints of history. I make good use of it in defense of my primitive Christian faith. There will be no Christian nations until the Messiah returns.

Not odd at all. What is odd to me is your use of the ignore feature.

They committed crimes. I speak against criminality. My reliance is on God and Messiah Jesus; not pacifism, not the popes, not the crusaders, not the weapons of the world. My faith is not the faith of the Roman Catholic Church. My attitude toward my enemies is the attitude of Jesus and the...