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Clear searchEdward Burman · Historical survey · 1984
…ifferent places and periods, and how religious conviction, political authority, fear, and coercion became entangled. It is disturbing history, but necessary history for understanding what can happen when a church claims the power to compel belief. The history of the Inquisitions…
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…mperial order commanded Arius's books to be burned and threatened anyone concealing them. Coercion was real, and Christians should not pretend otherwise. A sound doctrine is not made sounder by the emperor's sword. Yet enforcement after a decision is not authorship of the doctrin…
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