The Pope has passed away

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I hope this isn't tasteless, as I just mean it as an observation, but I found it so odd that whenever they showed the Pope on TV he was surrounded by gold and silk and jewels and ornate lavishness. It seems so against everything Jesus stood for. I wonder how the Pope felt about it.

Must not launch into history lesson on medieval heresies, the typical characteristics of reformer heresies, and the socio-economic conditions that alternately supported and suppressed such heresies.