someguy3@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWhat was the church's view of hangmen?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the church's view of hangmen?someguy3@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago“The Church” has traditionally referred to the Roman Catholic Church, especially in historical contexts.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOr the Orthodox Church depending on the location. Those two were more or less conjoined for a while too before the schism.
minus-square21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI mean, if we do it that way they’re pretty openly against the act and probably consider it a pretty major sin for the active participants but that’s less fun than having it be an open ended question.
“The Church” has traditionally referred to the Roman Catholic Church, especially in historical contexts.
Or the Orthodox Church depending on the location. Those two were more or less conjoined for a while too before the schism.
I mean, if we do it that way they’re pretty openly against the act and probably consider it a pretty major sin for the active participants but that’s less fun than having it be an open ended question.