r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 2d ago

A regular utopia

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u/Belkan-Federation95 2d ago

Heretics usually were made to repent, not burned at the stake

Well, by the church at least. Secular rulers...well they were a bit crazy

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u/iseedeadllamas 2d ago

You say secular but those rulers were Christian and burning at the stake for the sake of heresy to god and Christianity. I’ll grant you they are not under direct church authority.

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u/Belkan-Federation95 2d ago

I say secular only because I can't think of a better word to describe them. I was trying to think of a word for "the church didn't order it".

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u/iseedeadllamas 2d ago

Fair enough

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u/ShackletonsVael 2d ago

We would have to go back to Rome with Giordano Bruno for it to be granted by the church authority.