Catholic Church – Bible ban – Burning – Extermination

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A brief excerpt from the ecclesiastical history of the Roman Catholic religious institution. Key points, some of which are now denied and dismissed as “conspiracy theories,” include the prohibition of Bible possession, orders for burning alive, targeted extermination, the prohibition of buying and selling, and the “papal deity on earth.”

Today there is a lot of denial

Somehow, the history of the Roman Catholic Church is notoriously ignored, simply forgotten. As if nothing ever happened. A small apology here, a brief “sorry” there, but when it comes to addressing the most cruel, bloodiest organization in human history, there’s a complete lack of attention. Quite the opposite. One sits with the “Mother of all Churches” in all hypocrisy and celebrates ecumenism, just before accepting the Pope as the primacy of all churches.

The following is a (further) tiny “fragmentary excerpt” from the history of the Church of Rome, which “only” represents various cornerstones, but brought death and destruction to humanity. Estimates of the total number of victims of the Roman Church vary between 50 and well over 100 million people.

Ban on Bible possession

Council of Toulouse, 1229 AD, Pope Gregory IX
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume XI, page 490:

“Prohibemus etiam, ne libros veteris testamenti aut novi, laici permittantur habere: nisi forte psalterium, vel breviarium pro Divinis officiis, aut horas beatae Mariae, alequis ex devotione habere velit. Sed nopraemissos libros habecant in vulgaritranslatos, arctissime inhibemus.“

“We also forbid that laymen be permitted to have books of the Old or New Testament: unless perhaps they wish to have a psalter, or a breviary for the Divine Offices, or the Hours of the Blessed Mary, for their own devotion. But we most strictly forbid that they have the books already sent out translated into the vernacular.“

Living combustion

Epistle 1243 AD, Pope Innocent IV
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume XI, page 621:

“Ac inqufitione notatos, etsi levis superstitionis argumento tangantur, a viris ecclesisticis, & praelatis examiniari iubemus. Per quos si inuenti fuerint a fide catholica faltem in articulo deviare, ac per ipsos pastorali more commoniti, tenebrosi diaboli relictis insidiis, noluerint agnoscere Deum Lucis, fed in erroris concepta instantia perseverent: prasentis nostrae legis edicto damnatos mortem pati Pacarenos aliosque haereticos, quocumque nomine censeantur, decernimus, quam affectant: u vivi in conpectu hominum combrantur, flammarum commilli iudicio. Nec dolemus, quod in hoc ipsorum satisfacimus voluntati, ex quo poenam folummodo, nec fructum alium consequuntur erroris.“

“And we order that those who have been marked by the inquisition, even if they are touched by the argument of slight superstition, be examined by ecclesiastical men and prelates. By whom, if they are found to deviate from the Catholic faith in any point, and if, having been admonished by them in a pastoral manner, they have abandoned the snares of the dark devils, and have refused to acknowledge the God of Light, but persist in the instance conceived in error: by the edict of our present law, we decree that the Pacarenes and other heretics, by whatever name they may be considered, shall be condemned to suffer death, which they may desire: or that they shall be burned alive in the sight of men, by the judgment of a thousand flames. Nor do we grieve that in this we satisfy their will, from which they receive the punishment of folly alone, nor any other fruit of error.“

Widespread extermination

“Ad Exirpanda” 15 May 1252, Pope Innocent IV, Rule 25 (Source):

“Teneatur praeterea Potestas, seu Rector omnes haereticos,quos captos habuerit, cogere citra membri diminutionem, et mortis periculum, tamquam vere latrones, et homicidas animarum, et fures sacramentorum Dei, et Fidei Christianae, errores suos expresse fateri, et accusare alios haereticos, quos sciunt, et bona eorum, et credentes, et receptatores, et defensores eorum, sicut coguntur fures, et latrones rerum temporalium, accusare suos complices, et fateri maleficia, quae fecerunt“

“Furthermore, the Authority or Rector is bound to compel all heretics whom he has captured, without the loss of a limb and the risk of death, as if they were truly thieves, murderers of souls, and thieves of the sacraments of God and of the Christian Faith, to confess their errors expressly, and to accuse other heretics whom he knows, and their goods, and believers, and their recipients and defenders, just as thieves and robbers of temporal things are compelled to accuse their accomplices, and to confess the evil deeds they have committed.“

Prohibition of buying and selling

Council of Turin, 1163 AD, Pope Alexander III
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume X, page 1419:

“Unde contra eos, episcopos & omnes Domini “sacerdotes in illis partibus commorantes vigilare praecipimus, & sub interminatione anathematis prohibere, utubi cogniti fuerint illius haeresis sectatores, ne receptaculum quisquam cis in terra sua prebere, aut praesidium impertire prasumat. Sed nec in vendtione aut emptione aliqua cum eis omnino” commercium habeatur: ut solatio saltem humanitatis amisso, ab errore viae sue resipiscere compellantur. Quisquis autem contra haec vnire tentavetit, tamquam particeps iniquitatis eorum, anathemate feriatur.“

“Wherefore we command the bishops and all the priests of the Lord residing in those parts to be vigilant against them, and to forbid under penalty of anathema, wherever followers of that heresy are known, lest anyone presume to offer them shelter or protection in their own land. But let there be no commerce with them at all in sale or purchase: so that, having lost at least the consolation of humanity, they may be compelled to repent of the error of their way. But whoever attempts to join against these things, as a sharer in their iniquity, let him be anathema.“

Demonization of Lutherans

Letter from Pope Adrian VI, 1522
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume XIV, page 405:

“Illumne essc antichristi apostolum, cuiquam obscurum esse poterit: qui non modo facerdotes Dei, sed & principem sacerdotum Petri successorem, Iesu Christi in terris vicariuj, tam nefandis infamibusque nomimbus, tam inauditis contemelris, convitus, ac blasphemnis, nusquam non lacerrat, discerpit & insectatur, tit ea commemorare pudica resugiat lungua, & audire horreant aures castae: Qui apostolicam cathedram in qua praesedit caput apostolorum Petrus, cui praesuerunt tot sancti pontifices, quam ecclesiam principalem, unde sit exorta unitas sacerdotalis, sanctus ille & gloriosus martyr Cyprianus, non dubitat asserere, impio ac pestilenti ore cathedram pestilentiae, antichristianam, diabolicam, & si quae potuit excogitare nefandiora, toties appellare non cessat:“

“That he is the apostle of antichrist, can it be obscure to anyone: who not only makes the priests of God, but also the successor of Peter, the prince of priests, the vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, with such wicked and infamous names, with such unheard-of insults, hatred, and blasphemies, nowhere does he not tear, tear and attack, so that modest tongues may choke on the mention of them, and chaste ears may shudder to hear: Who does not hesitate to assert that the apostolic chair in which Peter, the head of the apostles, presided, over which so many holy pontiffs presided, is the principal church, from which priestly unity arose, that holy and glorious martyr Cyprian, with an impious and pestilent mouth, does not cease so often to call it a chair of pestilence, antichristian, diabolical, and if he could think of anything more nefarious:“

Pope – Another God on Earth

Lateran Council 1512, Pope Julius II
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume XIV, page 109:

“Cura, ut ovile unum fiat, quod modo est in partes divisum. Cura denique, ut alutem quam dedisti nobis, & c vitam & spiritum non amittamus, Tuenim pastor, tu medicus, tu gubernator, tu cultor tu denique alter Deus ini terris. Adverte igitur, clementissime pater, si sponsam tibi deditllimam amas, si justitiam, pietatem, modestiam, aliafque virtutes amplecteris.“

“Take care that the fold may become one, which is now divided into parts. Take care, finally, that we do not lose the food which you have given us, and life and spirit, For you are the shepherd, you are the physician, you are the governor, you are the cultivator, you are finally another God on earth. Take heed, therefore, most merciful Father, if you love your most devoted bride, if you embrace justice, piety, modesty, and other virtues.“

Pope – King of Kings – Monarch of the whole world

Lateran Council 1512, Pope Julius II
“Sacrosancta Concilia ad Regiam editonem”, volume XIV, page 172:

“longo saltem temporis intervallo longeavus perficeres, perfectam pacares, & Christiano domate instirneres: ac cen leo rex quadrupedum, tu alter Leo, hominum non alter rex tantum, sed regum rex, & orbis terrarum monarcha effectus, alias oves quas habes, quae non fsunt de hoc ovili, ad tunmovile reduceres, alliceres, revocates.“

“At least after a long interval of time you would have perfected it, made perfect peace, and instilled Christian tameness: and since the lion is the king of the quadrupeds, you are another lion, not only another king of men, but king of kings, and monarch of the whole world, you would have brought back, attracted, recalled to the fold the other sheep you have, which are not of this fold.“

The Bible about this Roman destroyer on earth:

Bible verses from King James Version (1611)