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This is the fifth lawsuit to accuse the archbishop of sexual abuse of minors during his time as a pastor and bishop. In addition to this claim, Apuron faces four other accusations from former altar boys, who charged the archbishop with abuse in the s when he served as a parish priest in Agat. The first allegations against the archbishop were made public in May Pope Francis relieved Apuron of his pastoral and administrative authority in and he was replaced by Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Byrnes, formerly of Detroit.
Apuron, who is currently recovering from a surgery, wrote that he hopes the truth will come out and that he will continue to pray for his accusers. The diversity of witches is one of the strongest arguments against the theory that the Great Hunt was a deliberate pogrom aimed at a specific group of people. If that was true, then most witches would have something in common. Jenny is a wiccan historian writing for the Covenant of the Goddess website.
If any web site would be against Catholicism this site would be but she had the integrity to report the results of her research. We also have found similar information from secular and religious historians.
Lammas , Volume 5. We won't go into a detailed description of the witchcraft of the Middle Ages here but here are a few basics. Witchcraft was the use of power other than divine powers, to perform paranormal activities. In the case of black magic the intention was to cause harm, perhaps to cause sickness, death of adults, infants or livestock, hailstorms, etc White magic was used to to counteract the black magic, however, the Church would say even white magic is dangerous.
Witchcraft was an acquired skill, it was something that was learned. It was not something that one is born with. White magic is used against black magic,. Up until the late 's the Church downplayed the role of witchcraft. The Church's opinion on witchcraft did not begin to formulate from a theological perspective until the end of the Middle Ages. Before that the church tried to discourage it as superstitious, rather than an actual power. However, after the Black death, things changed a lot.
People began to take witchcraft seriously and to consider it as a genuine threat. Everyone at that time believed that witchcraft was real, and that it actually could cause harm.
So they treated it much the same way as they treated other forms of serious harm such as murder. There are many biblical verses upon which the Church was willing to draw. In Witchcraft, as commonly understood, there is involved the idea of a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil. In such cases this supernatural aid is usually invoked either to compass the death of some obnoxious person, or to awaken the passion of love in those who are the objects of desire, or to call up the dead, or to bring calamity or impotence upon enemies, rivals, and fancied oppressors.
This is not an exhaustive enumeration, but these represent some of the principal purposes that witchcraft has been made to serve at nearly all periods of the world's history. There is a lot of misinformation that assumes the witch craze was at the heart of Catholic Inquisition.
It is true the Church put witches on trial. Henrick Kramer and James Sprenger, inquisitors put out a manual called "Malleus Maleficarum" the hammer of witches. It was a bad book. In reality, these trials never happened. They're the product of a creative 19th century forger, Etienne Leon de Lamothe-Langon. Lamothe-Langon wrote a book called Histoire de l'Inquisition en France which purported to be a study of the French Inquisition. In it, he described the great 14th century Witch crazes of southern France.
Lamothe-Langon is our only source for these trials. No trial records exist for them. No sermon or Witch hunting manual mentions them. Catholic priest in India will face trial for alleged hate speech. By Kate Olivera. Trending 1 Vatican unveils motto for Jubilee Year. Subscribe to our daily newsletter At Catholic News Agency, our team is committed to reporting the truth with courage, integrity, and fidelity to our faith. Our mission is the truth. Join us!
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