Christianity has always been a religion of coercion and force. That's what this article fails to understand, in my opinion. "What death is worse for the soul than the freedom to err" (St. Augustine)
Christianity has always been a religion of coercion and force. That's what this article fails to understand, in my opinion. "What death is worse for the soul than the freedom to err" (St. Augustine)
Christianity has always been a religion of coercion and force. That's what this article fails to understand, in my opinion. "What death is worse for the soul than the freedom to err" (St. Augustine)
Always?
Yes, in my opinion. Let's go over the history:
1. Early Christianity- forced ordinations, wars against heretics (Arianism, Donatists, etc.)
2. Middle Ages- Charlemagne's Saxony Wars, medieval Crusades
3. Renaissance- Inquisition, Spanish Conquest of the New World, Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy
4. Early Modern- England's persecution of the Puritans, Cromwell's conquest of Ireland, Salem Witch Trials
5. Today- Catholics/Protestants in Ireland
You are making the common error of equating “Christianity” with “Christendom.”