ANST - Ooooooooooops!!!
Bowen
wweir at postoffice.swbell.net
Sun May 16 14:01:37 PDT 1999
Brent Hanner wrote:
>
> Sam Milligan wrote:
> >
> > Not at all. In Period, rulers were assumed to be in their position by
> > Divine Right, and whatever they did was therefore right in the eyes of
> > God; hence, infallability.
>
> I love it when people paint period with a brush the size of Russia.
> Theocratic monarchies did exist in the medieval period but they
> were by no means the majority. Most period rulers did not rule by
> true divine right, they were not considered God on Earth and therefore
> weren't considered infallabile. They did exist especially before the
> Gregorian Revolution but by no means should you be making such a blanket
> statement.
>
> It is more accurate to make the statement about the pope than period
> kings.
>
Actually, the doctrine of papal infallability was not added to Roman Catholic
dogma until 1870. So, infallability on the part of anyone is not period.
Pippa
> Peder
>
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