----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradford DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Catholics Could Lose Seal of Confession
> But when the Knights Templar were suppressed by Philip the Fair of > France and Pope Clement V in 1307, one of the charges was that the > Templars confessed only to each other and not to other priests--so > that nobody outside the order knew what horrible and foul things were > going on within the order. > > So it would seem that the "not under any circumstances be divulged" > is less than seven centuries old... > > :-) > > > Brad DeLong Are you sure that the 14th century is the origin of the confessional Brad? (As we know it) xponent Contrition Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. > > >http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/1/25/141548 > > > >The seal of confessional, which guarantees that whatever a penitent > >confesses may not under any circumstances be divulged by the confessor, is > >under attack... > > > > > > > >xponent > >Theories Of God Maru > >rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l