Today In History (March 7 1277)

[WhiteHealer]

TODAY IN HISTORY

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1277: The University of Paris issues the last in its series of condemnations, instigated by the church, of various philosophical and theological ideas, forbidding the teaching of certain works and theses deemed “heretical,” including the teachings of Aristotle.

[Jim Mathias]

The Church's intolerance of viewpoints outside their approved dogma served as a point of strength, albeit to the detriment of our race. The strength of conformity has a value that should be noted and used very carefully. That the Church failed to be careful has led to its downfall in terms of credibility and integrity. Many now laugh at them when they bother to think of the Church at all.

[WhiteHealer]

I agree Jim, important lessons should be drawn from their fall from grace.

Whitehealer