Christianity claims that a heretic - a person views, opinions and statements that differ from the dogmas of the church.Today, in contrast to the Middle Ages, for it is not burned at the stake, and not subjected to torture revealing.However, in the Middle Ages it was different!About this talk.
Branded for life
In the Middle Ages the consciousness of people was very poor.They are willing to believe in witches, dragons, witches and other evil spirits.Science was not as developed as it is today.Medieval church with their views and ideas are much different from today.Everyone who has had his own view of the device of the world, and has been in something does not agree with the priests of the Middle Ages, could not help getting branded "heretics."And no one cared how social status it was granted - a prince, a genius scientist, healer or a psychic!
Clergymen, hiding behind his position, constantly referred to the fact that only their interpretation of Scripture, but their opinions on the subject - the only true and correct!Under the guise of the Lord God, "Holy Inquisition", these people have destroyed a huge number of those who disagree with them.After all, in the Middle Ages, there was a severe rule that a heretic - is almost always a man sentenced to death!Label heretic in most cases meant the burning at the stake, or hanging on the gallows of the Inquisition.Think about how many geniuses was then burned at the stake!
did not reach us information about when the first heretic, but the most famous of them is Bruno.It is a medieval scholar and astronomer.He calculated that the planet is round, not flat, as it was considered to be.However, the company did not share his views, moreover, its opening angered the clergy, for the scientist, and was subjected to burning at the stake!Sometimes heretics are not executed, but merely tortured.Let's learn about the cases in which it occurred.
Why tortured heretics?
When inquisitors came to a consensus that the threats, persuasion and cunning have no effect on the accused, it had to resort to violence.It was believed that physical torture and suffering more clearly enlighten the minds of dissidents.At the time, there was a list of torture, legitimized by the Inquisition.
Centuries-old torture heretics were the most striking evidence of the weakness of the medieval church in front of their ideological opponents.Priests could not defeat God's Word.The easiest way to do it was the force of power and coercion!
heretic - is our benefactor!
Yes ... It was a terrible time ... Time eternal hunt for dissidents and witches!However, despite all the hardships, it is a heretic - is the "engine" of the medieval progress!Imagine if they were not, what would our world today?Yes, we'd still went clattering on wooden carts harnessed horses in our homes still would burn candles in the candelabra, and we would write with quill pens on parchment!Horrible!That we are heretics - modern humans - we are obliged to all existing benefits of civilization!
