--- 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? > 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. > > >
