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And the Difference Between This and Simony is …
The German bishops are demanding that German members of the Roman Catholic Church either pay a tax or forego the sacraments, including absolution – as explained at the linked report. Naturally, the tax goes to the German churches. (American) Roman Catholic, Jimmy Akin, has a variety of thoughts on the matter, but his defense to…
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Pope Gregory VII from the German Perspective
The Character of Pope Gregoryextracted fromThe Variations of PoperybySamuel Edgar, D.D. (1855 ed., pp. 111-12) Gregory the Seventh, who obtained the papacy in 1073, was another pontifical patron of iniquity. He was elected on the day of his predecessor’s funeral, by the populace and soldiery, through force and bribery, without the concurrence of the emperor…