A Dark History: The Popes

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A DARK HISTORY;
The Popes
The papacy is the longest-lasting elected office in the world, and the vast majority of popes have been good and honest Christians. However, not every pontiff has acted in an entirely admirable and saintly marmer. A Dark History: The Popes reveals the darkest deeds of the papacy: the murky and immoral past of the throne of St. Peter.
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The darkness of the papal history revealed here goes a great deal further than bribery, nepotism, and other vices. There were also atrocities perpetrated by the Church under papal orders, such as the medieval crusade against the dissident Cathars, which ultimately amounted to genocide. Popes committed— or at least sanctioned— murder. Popes were themselves murdered. By the order of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644), the astronomer Galileo Galilei was persecuted by the Inquisition and kept under house arrest for ten years.... Tovább

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A DARK HISTORY;
The Popes
The papacy is the longest-lasting elected office in the world, and the vast majority of popes have been good and honest Christians. However, not every pontiff has acted in an entirely admirable and saintly marmer. A Dark History: The Popes reveals the darkest deeds of the papacy: the murky and immoral past of the throne of St. Peter.
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The darkness of the papal history revealed here goes a great deal further than bribery, nepotism, and other vices. There were also atrocities perpetrated by the Church under papal orders, such as the medieval crusade against the dissident Cathars, which ultimately amounted to genocide. Popes committed— or at least sanctioned— murder. Popes were themselves murdered. By the order of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644), the astronomer Galileo Galilei was persecuted by the Inquisition and kept under house arrest for ten years. Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) remains controversial today for his actions—or lack of them—during World War II.
This book reveals a catalog of wrongdoings perpetrated by popes over the centuries, a record that has been mainly kept from the public eye. Fortunately, the dirty doings of the popes have not been confined to papal records. Diaries, letters, reports firom foreign ambassadors to the Vatican, and official registers of the ecclesiastical courts have revealed a broader picture which shows how popes could be sinners as well as saints, and between them indulged in virtually every sin and every vice it was possible to commit.
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