Re: Babylon the great
Because the rules to allow such are still on the books. And there still is the office of inquisition, only it now has a different name. In fact the office has had three name changes in the past 100 or so years. Why? The Catholic church still has the authority to excommunicate Catholics for heretical thoughts.
kenod said:Do you know if the RC church has formally renounced the use of force to get heretics to recant? I'm not suggesting it still happens, but I'm wondering if the belief that we should "compel" them to come in is still official doctrine.
Because the rules to allow such are still on the books. And there still is the office of inquisition, only it now has a different name. In fact the office has had three name changes in the past 100 or so years. Why? The Catholic church still has the authority to excommunicate Catholics for heretical thoughts.