No, the problem was the peasants could understand it no matter how uneducated and simplistic they might be. The below is the passage that caused the problems I believe, it’s Matthew 5:34-36, and it was completely incompatible with the feudal social systems of the time. Ecclesiastical authority is all well and good, but if that authority is corrupted to protect the interests of the nobility or otherwise already powerful then it needs fixing. And it was, I believe it was called the reformation.
“But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by Heaven; for it is God's throne; Nor by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.”
Irelandlost 0 points 3 weeks ago
No, the problem was the peasants could understand it no matter how uneducated and simplistic they might be. The below is the passage that caused the problems I believe, it’s Matthew 5:34-36, and it was completely incompatible with the feudal social systems of the time. Ecclesiastical authority is all well and good, but if that authority is corrupted to protect the interests of the nobility or otherwise already powerful then it needs fixing. And it was, I believe it was called the reformation.
“But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by Heaven; for it is God's throne; Nor by the earth; for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.”