Protestantism: Historic Persecution & Intolerance (Index Page)

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INTRODUCTORY / OVERVIEW

Protestant Inquisitions: “Reformation” Intolerance & Persecution [June 1991; rev. 10-31-03, 3-7-07, 9-14-17]

Luther Film (2003): Detailed Catholic Critique [10-28-03; rev. 3-6-17]

Luther’s Attitudes on Religious Liberty (Roland H. Bainton) [2-16-06]

Was Luther “Bloodthirsty” & Violent? (James Swan & I Agree!) [8-29-17]

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #13: “Reformed” Censorship & Intolerance [10-26-17]

Protestantism: Historical Cause of Religious Toleration? [7-27-22]

Refuting Lucas Banzoli’s “Catholic Slanders of the Reformation” [9-20-22]

CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF THE ENGLISH “REFORMATION” (SO-CALLED)

[1375 martyrs of Protestant tyranny documented in four papers]

St. Thomas More: Noble Heroism Amidst Treachery and Madness [1991]

Luther on the Deaths of Zwingli, St. Thomas More, & St. John Fisher [11-30-07; rev. 10-31-17]
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430 Catholic Martyrs Murdered by Henry VIII (1534-1544) [2-6-08]

312 Catholic Martyrs & Confessors Under “Good Queen Bess” (Queen Elizabeth: r. 1558-1603) [2-8-08]

189 English Catholic Martyrs & Heroic Confessors: 1603-1729 [2-16-08]

444 Irish Catholic Martyrs and Heroic Confessors: 1565-1713 [2-27-08]
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Discussion on Whether the English Revolution (aka “Reformation”) was a “Terrorist” Campaign [Facebook, 9-16-14]

Elizabeth I and 512 Catholic Martyrs (vs. Lucas Banzoli) [3-4-23]

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (ON THE CONTINENT) FOR HAVING DIFFERENT BELIEFS

Luther Favored the Death Penalty for Anabaptists [2-24-04]

Philip Melanchthon: Death for Denying the Real Presence (He Later Denied the Real Presence Himself) [5-23-06]

Lord Acton: Philip Melanchthon Persecuted Eucharistic Heretics [5-29-06]

Luther: Death Penalty for Anabaptists & 1525 Peasants’ Revolt (Critique of James Swan’s Misrepresentation on the Radio Show, Iron Sharpens Iron, with Chris Arnzen) [11-6-07]

John Calvin’s Advocacy of Capital Punishment and Persecution of Those Whom He Considers “Blasphemers” or Heretics (Catholics, Anabaptists, Etc.) [6-1-09]

Protestant “Reformer” Martin Bucer: Death for Adulterers! [9-18-09]

Luther: Execute Adulterers, Witches, Frigid Wives, & Prostitutes [12-20-07 and 2-22-10]

John Calvin: Torment of an Inept Execution “Special Will of God” [3-23-10]

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John Calvin Mocked Servetus’ Reaction to His Death Sentence [3-25-10]

Calvin Supports Death Penalty for Heresy After Servetus [11-6-11]

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Reply to Reformed Luther Apologist James Swan’s Request for Documentation of Executions of Anabaptists Sanctioned by Luther, in the 1530s [8-17-14]

Calvin the “Destroyer” of Servetus: James Swan Misses Forest for Trees [8-24-17]
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Protestants Executed Peaceful Anabaptists (vs. L. Banzoli) [6-20-22]

PLUNDERING AND THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTIES

Dialogue w Lutheran Historian on 16th-Century Intolerance [2-15-06]

16th Century Theft of Church Properties (vs. Lutheran Historian) [2-22-06]

16th c. Calvinists vs. Lutherans: Who Suppressed Catholics [3-21-07]

“Reformation” Theft of Thousands of Catholic Churches [4-12-08]

“Reformation” Anti-Catholic Theft: Apologetic “Blind Spot”? [4-20-08]

OPPOSITION TO CO-EXISTENCE WITH CATHOLICS AND THE MASS (“ANTI-ECUMENISM”)

The Real Diet of Augsburg (1530) vs. the Protestant Myth [3-3-04]
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Regensburg (1541) & Poissy (1561): Protestant “Ecumenism”? [4-27-04]

Is Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic? [4-26-05]

Word “Protestant” Stemmed from Intolerance of Catholic Worship [2-8-06]

“Moderate” Heinrich Bullinger: “Reformation” Anti-Catholicism [1-16-07]

Lutheran View of the Mass / Catholics & Lutheran Worship [11-19-07]

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #13: “Reformed” Censorship & Intolerance [10-26-17]
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ANTI-CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS

Anglican Persecution of Catholics: 1559-1829 [3-10-08]

Persecution of Catholics in Scotland Up Till 1829 [3-10-08]
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English Persecution of Irish Catholics: 1536-1829 & Beyond [3-10-08]
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Penal Laws Against American Catholics: 1606-1789 [3-10-08]

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ICONOCLASM (DESTRUCTION OF ART AS “IDOLATRY”) / EDUCATION

Early Protestant Antipathy Towards Art (+ Iconoclasm) [1991]

Astonishing Hostility to Higher Education in Early Protestantism [1991]
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John Calvin, Early Calvinism, & Violent Iconoclasm [7-4-04]
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16th c. Calvinists vs. Lutherans: Who Suppressed Catholics [3-21-07]

Dialogue on Jihadist & 16th Century Calvinist Iconoclasm (vs. David Scott) [10-7-13]

INTER-PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE

Sacramentarian Controversies (Calvin vs. Luther vs. Zwingli) [3-29-04]

Eucharistic Real Presence: Luther’s Magnificent Defense [6-21-04]

“Absurd” Protestant Divisions: Calvin’s Revealing Lament to Melanchthon [2-6-06]

Philip Melanchthon’s Agony Over Protestant Sectarianism [2-8-06]

Melanchthon in 1530 Longed for Return of Catholic Bishops [11-30-07]

Luther on the Deaths of Zwingli, St. Thomas More, & St. John Fisher [11-30-07; rev. 10-31-17]
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Zwingli, Bucer, Oecolampadius: Luther & Lutherans Not Christians [1-10-08]

Quiz on Early Protestant / “Reformation” Eucharistic Harmony [8-23-09]

John Calvin Rebukes Lutheran “Beasts” and “Evil”, Calls Luther an Idolater [Facebook, 3-23-10]
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Melanchthon’s Agonized Tears Over Early Protestant Divisions [6-15-11; rev. 10-11-17]

Early Protestant “Unity”: Calvin vs. Westphal vs. Luther [11-6-11]

Armstrong vs. Collins & Walls #13: “Reformed” Censorship & Intolerance [10-26-17]

16th Century Calvinist, Lutheran, & Zwinglian Intolerance [7-29-22]

GERMAN PEASANTS’ REVOLT (1524-1525)

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Martin Luther’s Inflammatory Rhetoric and the Peasants’ Revolt (1524-1525) (+ Part II) [10-31-03]

Luther: Death Penalty for Anabaptists & 1525 Peasants’ Revolt (Critique of James Swan’s Misrepresentation on the Radio Show, Iron Sharpens Iron, with Chris Arnzen) [11-6-07]

Did Luther Cause the 1525 Peasants’ Revolt? (vs. Banzoli) [6-20-22]

Last updated on 4 March 2023

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