Friday, June 6, 2014

Joan of Arc

As far as I know Joan was the only person condemned by an ecclesiastical court and then executed for witchcraft and heresy, who then went on to be exonerated by yet another ecclesiastical court, 25 years later, and then canonized a saint.  She had to wait until 1920 to get canonized.  It takes a while for the church to get over embarrassing behavior, theirs not hers.  So, the next time you read about someone being silenced or censored for their theological thinking, just wait awhile.  Things change.  Today's heretic could be tomorrow's ground breaking theologian.

2 comments:

  1. Can you give an example of a prominent heretic of the last few hundred years.

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