Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.
In 1212, disenfranchised commoners
(children, the poor, and mendicant clergy)
Left Europe for the Holy Land
To peaceably convert Muslims to Catholicism.
It ended in mass death and slavery.
In 1229, Church leaders banned commoners from owning Bibles.
After all, a commoner is uneducated
And will have no recourse but to make
False interpretations of divine scripture.
The ban didn't do the trick.
In 1231, Pope Gregory IX formed
The Inquisition as a means
of bringing order and legality
to the battle against heresy.
Until then, alleged heretics were
often burned to death by mobs
of angry townspeople.
The Pope didn't want that.
He wanted to learn
What made these alleged heretics tick.
He wanted to give them the opportunity to recant.
To convert to proper teachings.
And if that didn't work,
They'd be burnt to death.
We can take faith in knowing
The executions were performed by experts
and not some damned commoners.
(children, the poor, and mendicant clergy)
Left Europe for the Holy Land
To peaceably convert Muslims to Catholicism.
It ended in mass death and slavery.
In 1229, Church leaders banned commoners from owning Bibles.
After all, a commoner is uneducated
And will have no recourse but to make
False interpretations of divine scripture.
The ban didn't do the trick.
In 1231, Pope Gregory IX formed
The Inquisition as a means
of bringing order and legality
to the battle against heresy.
Until then, alleged heretics were
often burned to death by mobs
of angry townspeople.
The Pope didn't want that.
He wanted to learn
What made these alleged heretics tick.
He wanted to give them the opportunity to recant.
To convert to proper teachings.
And if that didn't work,
They'd be burnt to death.
We can take faith in knowing
The executions were performed by experts
and not some damned commoners.