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5 days ago · The Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 required Jews and Muslims to wear distinctive clothing, such as yellow badges, to mark them as non-Christians. Many Jews were expelled from England in 1290, France in 1306, and Spain in 1492. Muslims in Spain and Portugal were forced to convert to Christianity or face expulsion after the Reconquista.
5 days ago · The chapter is rounded off with a fleeting consideration of same-sex relationships (which were condemned, but not perceived as a particular priority or problem amongst the English clergy), and concludes that nowhere was the gap between angels and clergy more apparent than in relation to sexuality.
5 days ago · The conclusion which follows contains an interesting comparison between the ejected clergy of the 1640s and the 1650s and the clergymen ejected during the early 1660s, though McCall’s contention that after the restoration settlement, ‘the Anglican clergy were tolerated as a least-worst solution’ by the new ‘power brokers’ is strange ...
4 days ago · Vandals have taken charge of the Church of England. Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As the successor of the Anglo-Saxon and medieval ...
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3 days ago · At the same time, clergy face a continued decline in public perception, part of a broader downturn of faith in U.S. professionals overall. Just 32% of Americans rated clergy as trustworthy in ...
4 days ago · Sts. Cyril and Methodius, pray for us! John Grondelski, February 14, 2022. Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (826-885) were brothers, born in Thessalonica, in northeastern Greece. They became priests and monks, but were soon called upon to be missionaries. Their first journey took them to the Khazars, a semi-nomadic Turkic people who lived in lands ...