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The Black Death and a Century of War Wobbling Out of Control (part 2) TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe ChurchChurch decideddecided CouncilsCouncils fixfix everythingeverything 14081408 TheThe CouncilCouncil ofof OxfordOxford bannedbanned thethe BibleBible ThomasThomas Arundel,Arundel, thethe ArchbishopArchbishop ofof Canterbury,Canterbury, forbadeforbade thethe translationtranslation ofof thethe BibleBible intointo EnglishEnglish and—underand—under thethe ordersorders ofof goodgood KingKing HenryHenry IV—IV— condemnedcondemned allall LollardsLollards toto bebe burntburnt atat thethe stakestake forfor thethe crimecrime ofof heresyheresy TheThe twotwo worstworst crimescrimes theythey werewere accusedaccused of:of: 1) They denied transubstantiation 2) They encouraged people to pray and read the Bible for themselves TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe ChurchChurch decideddecided CouncilsCouncils fixfix everythingeverything 14081408 TheThe CouncilCouncil ofof OxfordOxford bannedbanned thethe BibleBible ThomasThomas Arundel,Arundel, thethe ArchbishopArchbishop ofof Canterbury,Canterbury, forbadeforbade thethe translationtranslation ofof thethe BibleBible intointo EnglishEnglish and—underand—under thethe ordersorders ofof goodgood KingKing HenryHenry IV—IV— condemnedcondemned allall LollardsLollards toto bebe burntburnt atat thethe stakestake forfor thethe crimecrime ofof heresyheresy TheThe CouncilCouncil declareddeclared thatthat itit waswas dangerousdangerous toto allowallow peoplepeople toto translatetranslate thethe BibleBible “We therefore command and ordain that henceforth no one translate the text of Holy Scripture into English or any other language as a book, booklet, or tract, of this kind lately made in the time of the said John Wyclif or since, or that hereafter may be made, either in part or wholly, either publicly or privately, under pain of excommunication” (unless such translations were approved by the proper Church authorities... which they never were) TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe ChurchChurch decideddecided CouncilsCouncils fixfix everythingeverything 14081408 TheThe CouncilCouncil ofof OxfordOxford bannedbanned thethe BibleBible ThomasThomas Arundel,Arundel, thethe ArchbishopArchbishop ofof Canterbury,Canterbury, forbadeforbade thethe translationtranslation ofof thethe BibleBible intointo EnglishEnglish and—underand—under thethe ordersorders ofof goodgood KingKing HenryHenry IV—IV— condemnedcondemned allall LollardsLollards toto bebe burntburnt atat thethe stakestake forfor thethe crimecrime ofof heresyheresy TheThe CouncilCouncil declareddeclared thatthat itit waswas dangerousdangerous toto allowallow peoplepeople toto translatetranslate thethe BibleBible ItIt waswas alsoalso dangerousdangerous toto allowallow peoplepeople toto praypray onon theirtheir own,own, soso thethe CouncilCouncil declareddeclared itit heresyheresy (punishable(punishable byby burning)burning) toto teachteach youryour childrenchildren toto praypray onon theirtheir ownown It was now officially illegal to actively live out your Christian faith anywhere but within a church building Do we still deal with the effects of this sort of thinking, even in our church today? If so, then why? TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— 14081408 waswas alsoalso thethe yearyear thatthat ZsigmondZsigmond ofof LuxemburgLuxemburg foundedfounded thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon EchoingEchoing thethe HolyHoly OrdersOrders foundedfounded byby thethe ChurchChurch suchsuch asas thethe KnightsKnights TemplarTemplar andand HospitallerHospitaller thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon waswas dedicateddedicated toto rootingrooting outout Satan'sSatan's evilevil andand destroyingdestroying itit byby militarymilitary forceforce (N(NOTE:: TheyThey derivedderived theirtheir namename fromfrom thethe legendlegend ofof SaintSaint George,George, whowho waswas famousfamous forfor havinghaving chivalrouslychivalrously slainslain aa dragondragon inin Libya)Libya) 2 (N(NOTE :: IfIf you'llyou'll remember,remember, “Saint“Saint George”George” waswas actuallyactually GeorgiusGeorgius,, thethe ChristianChristian captaincaptain ofof Diocletian'sDiocletian's imperialimperial guard,guard, whowho chosechose aa slow,slow, torturoustorturous deathdeath inin 303303 ratherrather thanthan renouncerenounce hishis Christianity)Christianity) TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— 14081408 waswas alsoalso thethe yearyear thatthat ZsigmondZsigmond ofof LuxemburgLuxemburg foundedfounded thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon EchoingEchoing thethe HolyHoly OrdersOrders foundedfounded byby thethe ChurchChurch suchsuch asas thethe KnightsKnights TemplarTemplar andand HospitallerHospitaller thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon waswas dedicateddedicated toto rootingrooting outout Satan'sSatan's evilevil andand destroyingdestroying itit byby militarymilitary forceforce ButBut insteadinstead ofof beingbeing foundedfounded byby thethe Church,Church, thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon waswas foundedfounded byby andand fromfrom withinwithin thethe variousvarious powerfulpowerful familiesfamilies ofof EasternEastern EuropeEurope TwoTwo ofof thosethose importantimportant familiesfamilies included:included: House Drăculești of Wallachia, from whose ranks rose Vlad Țepeș (the “Impaler”)—a ruler so blood-thirsty that Bram Stoker used him as a basis for his vampire, Dracula TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— 14081408 waswas alsoalso thethe yearyear thatthat ZsigmondZsigmond ofof LuxemburgLuxemburg foundedfounded thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon EchoingEchoing thethe HolyHoly OrdersOrders foundedfounded byby thethe ChurchChurch suchsuch asas thethe KnightsKnights TemplarTemplar andand HospitallerHospitaller thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon waswas dedicateddedicated toto rootingrooting outout Satan'sSatan's evilevil andand destroyingdestroying itit byby militarymilitary forceforce ButBut insteadinstead ofof beingbeing foundedfounded byby thethe Church,Church, thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon waswas foundedfounded byby andand fromfrom withinwithin thethe variousvarious powerfulpowerful familiesfamilies ofof EasternEastern EuropeEurope TwoTwo ofof thosethose importantimportant familiesfamilies included:included: House Drăculești of Wallachia House Báthory of Slovakia, from whose ranks rose Erzsébet Báthory—who serial murdered upwards of 600 young women (according to legend, inin orderorder toto bathebathe inin their blood to remain eternally young and beautiful) TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— 14081408 waswas alsoalso thethe yearyear thatthat ZsigmondZsigmond ofof LuxemburgLuxemburg foundedfounded thethe OrderOrder ofof thethe DragonDragon TheThe Order'sOrder's officialofficial powerpower ebbedebbed withwith Zsigmond'sZsigmond's deathdeath inin 1437,1437, butbut withwith thethe influxinflux ofof thethe OttomonOttomon TurksTurks intointo EasternEastern EuropeEurope inin thethe mid-1400s,mid-1400s, thethe symbolsymbol ofof thethe DragonDragon becamebecame aa rallyingrallying pointpoint VersionsVersions ofof itit cancan bebe seenseen depicteddepicted inin manymany ofof thethe EasternEastern crestscrests andand tapestriestapestries createdcreated duringduring thethe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe ChurchChurch decideddecided CouncilsCouncils fixfix everythingeverything 14081408 TheThe CouncilCouncil ofof OxfordOxford bannedbanned thethe BibleBible 14091409 TheThe CouncilCouncil ofof PisaPisa dealtdealt withwith thethe SchismSchism TheThe WesternWestern SchismSchism (since(since 1378,1378, withwith twotwo competingcompeting PapaciesPapacies goinggoing atat thethe samesame time—onetime—one inin AvignonAvignon andand thethe otherother inin Rome—andRome—and thethe EuropeanEuropean kingdomskingdoms splitsplit overover whichwhich oneone toto support)support) TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance TheThe ChurchChurch decideddecided CouncilsCouncils fixfix everythingeverything 14081408 TheThe CouncilCouncil