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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