Today in Church History

[Southern Presbyterian]

According to Today in History...

On this date in 1568 the Roman Catholic Church sentenced the entire population of the Netherlands to death for heresy.

 

[kvanlaan]

James, I know that's a serious thing, but I couldn't help laughing when I read it.

I guess they missed a few of us, and then we started reproducing...

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

James, I know that's a serious thing, but I couldn't help laughing when I read it.

I guess they missed a few of us, and then we started reproducing...

Just a few apparently.

But one does wonder how they intended on carry out the sentence.

 

[Devin]

According to Today in History...

On this date in 1568 the Roman Catholic Church sentenced the entire population of the Netherlands to death for heresy.

So, how did all that turn out?

 

[Zenas]

That is blogworthy.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

That is blogworthy.

Blog on, brother, blog on! I look forward to reading it.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

According to Today in History...

On this date in 1568 the Roman Catholic Church sentenced the entire population of the Netherlands to death for heresy.

So, how did all that turn out?

I found this...

On February 16, 1568, a sentence of the
Inquisition condemned all the inhabitants of the Netherlands to death as
heretics. From this universal doom only a few persons, especially named,
were excepted; and a proclamation of the king, dated ten days later,
confirmed this decree of the Inquisition, and ordered it to be carried
into instant execution, without regard to age, sex, or condition. This
is probably the most concise death-warrant ever framed. Three millions
of people, men, women, and children, were sentenced to the scaffold in
three lines.

HERE.

 

[SueS]

Talk about arrogance and that the king, of all people, would condemn the population of his country to death is totally unbelievable!! Of what country did he expect to be king over if all his subjects were dead? In reality, how many were actually executed?