Actually, the Catholic Church is in the business of saving souls by preaching the Gospel and bring Christ to people, and people to Christ. The Church has never gotten into pronouncing on table manners, although there were some members of the Church (note, NOT the Church) who:
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Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use (despite its above-mentioned use in The Bible), seeing it as "excessive delicacy": "God in his wisdom has provided man with natural forks - his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to substitute artificial metallic forks for them when eating.
.Catholic AnswerGeorge Tyrell was a Jesuit in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century who condemned Pope St. Pius X encyclical condemning modernism. He was excommunicated and never recanted.
Copernicus
No. Actually, just the opposite, the Illuminati have been condemned by the Catholic Church for centuries.
why did the pope in the 17th century and the catholic church not like withches
.Catholic AnswerNobody started the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, it had been doing fine for sixteen centuries since Our Blessed Lord started it in the first century.
No, however, the church in England was Catholic up until the protestant revolt in the sixteenth century when the Church of England was created.
The Greek Orthodox Church left the Catholic Church in the eleventh century.
Roman Catholic AnswerJan Hus was NOT executed by the Catholic Church. He was given a trial by the Church and condemned as a heretic, deposed from his functions as a priest, etc. and then turned over to the civil government. The Civil government executed him as a traitor.
Marriage became a sacrament in the Catholic Church during the 12th century.
.Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church was formed by Our Blessed Lord around the year 33 A.D. (1st century), Islam was started by Mohammed in the 7th century, and the Orthodox split from Rome (the Catholic Church) in the 12th century.
.Catholic AnswerThe Lutheran Ecclesial Community did not "break away" from the Catholic Church. It was founded by Martin Luther, a heretic who left the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century and was excommunicated.
Millions of people throughout history have been condemned to death for their beliefs.Early Christians were condemned by pagans. Pagans were condemned in even greater numbers by Christians, for exactly the same reason. Gnostic Christians were condemned to death by Catholic and Orthodox Christians for their beliefs. The Cathars were condemned to death by the Catholic Church, although the Cathars were widely recognised as exemplary Christians of high moral values.Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake because his beliefs were considered heresy by the Catholic Church. Bruno's beliefs included claims about the composition of the universe.