I’m neither apologizing for it nor am I trying to explain it away.
“….seem to…” betrays speculation. Jesus never used that type of wording.
It is far enough in the past that God has dealt with all individuals involved.
From what I have read, the RCC established whether or not heresy actually happened, and gave the accused a forum to either give a self defense or to publicly repent of the heresy.
The laws themselves and the sentencing and implementation of the sentencing were secular.
It is fair to say no one is sure of either the circumstances or the exact numbers.
Wiki says all of the punishments were carried out by secular authorities. I’m not passionate enough about it to follow the footnotes.
The “50 million were slaughtered….” is every bit as hyperbolic as the...
A popular saying among the Orthodox: “We know where God’s Grace is. We do not know where God’s Grace is not.”
Same thing applies to your church and mine.
Pilgrim did not deny anything.
What pilgrim did do was raise valid question about over generalizations and hyperbolizing the truth.
Simply put, rumor.
Records are the only reliable way of establishing data. EVER other method of reporting and documenting will have footnotes or references...