The comments under this post were fascinating. The mostly seemed to want to quibble over the stated claim they burned for preaching the Gospel, though apparently the charge against them was heresy. It's kind of a "one man's trash" divide. Certainly if the Protestants were proclaiming the Gospel minus all which the Roman Catholic Church added, the RCC would indeed accuse them of heresy, while because of those RCC additions to the faith, Protestants regard the RCC as the heretics. I'm thinking most of the comments objecting to the "burned for the Gospel" claim are likely Catholics.
As far as I can tell, the official position of the RCC is that Protestants are heretics or anathema. I do not believe that those rulings have ever been released. While Protestants don't seem to have an official position of the RCC, beyond having specific disagreements on doctrinal issues.
I posted this to highlight how Christians have historically, and yet today, have responded to "oppression".
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The comments under this post were fascinating. The mostly seemed to want to quibble over the stated claim they burned for preaching the Gospel, though apparently the charge against them was heresy. It's kind of a "one man's trash" divide. Certainly if the Protestants were proclaiming the Gospel minus all which the Roman Catholic Church added, the RCC would indeed accuse them of heresy, while because of those RCC additions to the faith, Protestants regard the RCC as the heretics. I'm thinking most of the comments objecting to the "burned for the Gospel" claim are likely Catholics.
As far as I can tell, the official position of the RCC is that Protestants are heretics or anathema. I do not believe that those rulings have ever been released. While Protestants don't seem to have an official position of the RCC, beyond having specific disagreements on doctrinal issues.
I posted this to highlight how Christians have historically, and yet today, have responded to "oppression".
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